Entail
Entail , noun
[Old English entaile carving, Old French entaille, French, an incision, from entailler to cut away; pref. en- (Latin in) + tailler to cut; Late Latin feudum talliatum a fee entailed, that is, curtailed or limited. See Tail limitation, Tailor.]
1.
(Law) That which is entailed.
(a)
(Law) An estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue.
(b)
(Law) The rule by which the descent is fixed.
A power of breaking the ancient entails, and of alienating their estates.
2.
Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio. [Obsolete]
A work of rich entail.
Entail , transitive verb
[Old English entailen to carve, Old French entailler. See Entail, n.]
1.
To settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing, or on a person and his descendants or a certain line of descendants; -- said especially of an estate; to bestow as an heritage.
Allowing them to entail their estates.
I here entail
The crown to thee and to thine heirs forever.
2.
To appoint hereditary possessor. [Obsolete]
To entail him and his heirs unto the crown.
3.
To cut or carve in an ornamental way. [Obsolete]
Entailed with curious antics.