Curtail

Part of speech: noun (n.)

The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce. I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion. Shak. Our incomes have been curtailed; his salary has been doubled. Macualay.