Overview of noun entail

The noun entail has 2 senses

• entail -- (land received by fee tail)


• entail -- (the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple)

Overview of verb entail

The verb entail has 3 senses

• entail, imply, mean -- (have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers")


• entail, implicate -- (impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result; "What does this move entail?")


• fee-tail, entail -- (limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs)