ENSWATHE, en-sw[=a]th', INSWATHE, in-, _v.t._ to wrap in a swathe.--_n._
ENSWATHE'MENT.
ENSWEEP, en-sw[=e]p', _v.t._ to sweep over.
ENTABLATURE, en-tab'lat-[=u]r, _n._ that part of a design in classic
architecture which surmounts the columns and rests upon the capitals.
[Prob. through Fr. from It. _intavolatura_--_in_, in, _tavola_, a table.]
ENTAIL, en-t[=a]l', _v.t._ (_Spens._) to carve. [O. Fr. _entailler_--Low L.
_en_, into, _tale[=a]re_, to cut.]
ENTAIL, en-t[=a]l', _v.t._ to settle an estate on a series of heirs, so
that the immediate possessor may not dispose of it: to bring on as an
inevitable consequence:--_pr.p._ entail'ing; _pa.p._ entailed'.--_n._ an
estate entailed: the rule of descent of an estate.--_ns._ ENTAIL'ER;
ENTAIL'MENT, act of entailing: state of being entailed. [O. Fr.
_entailler_, to cut into--_en_, in, into, _tailler_, to cut--L. _talea_, a
twig.]