Cut short a meandering trail? (7)
I believe the answer is:
curtail
'cut short' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'a meandering trail?' is the wordplay.
'a meandering' becomes 'cur' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'trail?' becomes 'tail' ('tail' can be a synonym of 'trail').
'cur'+'tail'='CURTAIL'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for curtail that I've seen before include "Cut short like canine appendage" , "Dock" , "Shorten, abridge" , "Reduce in extent" , "Reduce in length" .)