DOCK (3)

Dock, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Docked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Docking.] [[See Dock a tail. Cf. W. tociaw, and twciaw, to dock, clip.]] 1. 1. to cut off, as the end of a thing; to curtail; to cut short; to clip; as, to dock the tail of a horse.
His top was docked like a priest biforn. Chaucer. 2. 2. To cut off a part from; to shorten; to deduct from; to subject to a deduction; as, to dock one's wages.
3. 3. To cut off, bar, or destroy; as, to dock an entail.