Found 2 items, similar to ENTAIL.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: entail entail n 1: land received by fee tail 2: the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple v 1: have as a logical consequence; “The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers” [syn: imply, mean] 2: impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result; “What does this move entail?” [syn: implicate] 3: limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs [syn: fee-tail]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Entail Entail \En*tail"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entailed; p. pr. & vb. n. Entailing.] [OE. entailen to carve, OF. 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. [1913 Webster] Allowing them to entail their estates. --Hume. [1913 Webster] I here entail The crown to thee and to thine heirs forever. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To appoint hereditary possessor. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] To entail him and his heirs unto the crown. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To cut or carve in an ornamental way. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Entailed with curious antics. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Entail \En*tail"\, n. [OE. entaile carving, OF. entaille, F., an incision, fr. entailler to cut away; pref. en- (L. in) + tailler to cut; LL. feudum talliatum a fee entailed, i. e., curtailed or limited. See Tail limitation, Tailor.] 1. That which is entailed. Hence: (Law) (a) An estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue. (b) The rule by which the descent is fixed. [1913 Webster] A power of breaking the ancient entails, and of alienating their estates. --Hume. [1913 Webster] 2. Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio. [Obs.] “A work of rich entail.” --Spenser. [1913 Webster]