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entayle

entayle is the obsolete form of entail.

Meaning of entail

Noun

entail (plural entails)

  1. That which is entailed.
    • A power of breaking the ancient entails, and of alienating their estates.1754–1762, David Hume, “(please specify the page)”, in [The History of England ], volume (please specify |volume=1 to 6), London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […]
    1. An estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue.
    2. The rule by which the descent is fixed.
      • All land acquired by inheritance must follow the Khasi law of entail, by which property descends from the mother to the youngest daughter, and again from the latter to her youngest daughter.1907, Philip Richard Thornhagh Gurdon, The Khasis, page 88
  2. (obsolete) Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio.
    • A worke of rich entayle.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 4

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Forms of entayle

Noun
pluralentayles
Verb
third-person singular presententayles
present participleentayling
past participleentayled
pastentayled

Questions about entayle

What is entayle the obsolete form of?
Entayle is the obsolete form of entail.

Words near entayle in the dictionary

  1. entasis
  2. entastic
  3. entatic
  4. entaxonic
  5. entaxy
  6. entayle
  7. entayled
  8. entayles
  9. entayling
  10. Entebbe
  11. entecavir

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