(n) a slight convexity in the shaft of a column; compensates for the illusion of concavity that viewers experience when the sides are perfectly straight
(n) a town in southern Uganda on Lake Victoria; site of an international airport (where in 1976 Israeli commandos rescued hostages held aboard a plane by Palestinian hijackers)
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
n. [ OF. entablature: cf. It intavolatura, fr. LL. intabulare to construct a basis; L. in + tabulatum board work, flooring, fr. tabula. See Table. ] (Arch.) The superstructure which lies horizontally upon the columns. See Illust. of Column, Cornice. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ It is commonly divided into architrave, the part immediately above the column; frieze, the central space; and cornice, the upper projecting moldings. Parker. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. entaile carving, OF. entaille, F., an incision, fr. entailler to cut away; pref. en- (L. in) + tailler to cut; LL. feudum talliatum a fee entailed, i. e., curtailed or limited. See Tail limitation, Tailor. ] 1. That which is entailed. Hence: (Law) (a) An estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue. (b) The rule by which the descent is fixed. [ 1913 Webster ]
A power of breaking the ancient entails, and of alienating their estates. Hume. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio. [ Obs. ] “A work of rich entail.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Allowing them to entail their estates. Hume. [ 1913 Webster ]
I here entail The crown to thee and to thine heirs forever. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
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