entailed, ppl. a.
(ɛnˈteɪld)
[f. as prec. + -ed1.]
Of land, an inheritance, etc.: Transmitted by entail. Also fig.
| 1531 Dial. on Laws Eng. i. xxix. (1638) 52 The..recovery must be taken in this case..as recoveries of other lands intailed bee. 1767 Mrs. S. Pennington Lett. IV. 38 To restore to his destitute family an entailed estate. 1790 Burke Fr. Rev. Wks. V. 78 To claim and assert our liberties, as an entailed inheritance derived to us from our forefathers. 1818 Cruise Digest VI. 21 If B. claimed a share of the entailed lands. 1845 M{supc}Culloch Taxation i. iv. (1852) 125 Owners of entailed estates. 1860 Pusey Min. Proph. 14 Until the entailed curse be cut off by repentance. |