What is "entailing"

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 an ornamental way. [Obs.]

   Entailed with curious antics.
   --Spenser.

vb. (present participle of entail English)