ENTAIL (2)

entail (2). Entail, v.t. to fix or settle an estate unalienably

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En‐tail″, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entailed; p. pr. & vb. n. Entailing.] [[OE. entailen to carve, OF. entailler. See Entail, n.]] 1. 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. Hume. I here entail The crown to thee and to thine heirs forever. Shak. 2. 2. To appoint hereditary possessor.
To entail him and his heirs unto the crown. Shak. 3. 3. To cut or carve in an ornamental way.
Entailed with curious antics. Spenser.