obtruncate

CIDE DICTIONARY

obtruncate, v. t. [L. obtruncatus, p. p. of obtruncare.].

 To deprive of a limb; to lop.  [1913 Webster]

ROGET THESAURUS

obtruncate

Shortness

VB be short, render short, shorten, curtail, abridge, abbreviate, take in, reduce, compress, epitomize, retrench, cut short, obtruncate, scrimp, cut, chop up, hack, hew, cut down, pare down, clip, dock, lop, prune, shear, shave, mow, reap, crop, snub, truncate, pollard, stunt, nip, check the growth of, foreshorten (in drawing).