curtailment UK /kɜːˈteɪlmənt/US /kɚˈteɪlmənt/ noun1 •The act of curtailing.Curtailment was said to be imminent of services on the ex-Caledonian Glasgow-Carlisle main line via Carstairs, also between Glasgow and Lanark and on other ex-C.R. lines in the Glasgow area. — 1961 formscurtailments