(law, Scotland) An estate created in land by a vassal who instead of selling his land outright reserves an annual ground rent, which becomes a perpetual charge upon the land.

(heraldry) A field divided diagonally into several bends, varying in metal and colour.

(transitive) To cut beforehand or in advance. / (transitive) To cut the front or forward part of (a thing)

One who, or that which, encapsulates