Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Tail \Tail\, n. [F. taille a cutting. See {Entail}, {Tally}.]
   (Law)
   Limitation; abridgment. --Burrill.

   {Estate in tail}, a limited, abridged, or reduced fee; an
      estate limited to certain heirs, and from which the other
      heirs are precluded; -- called also {estate tail}.
      --Blackstone.