Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

            Allowing them to entail their estates. --Hume.

            I here entail The crown to thee and to thine heirs
            forever.                              --Shak.

   2. To appoint hereditary possessor. [Obs.]

            To entail him and his heirs unto the crown. --Shak.

   3. To cut or carve in a ornamental way. [Obs.]

            Entailed with curious antics.         --Spenser.