Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An old seigniorial right under which the lord of a manor required a tenant's sheep to pasture on his fields as a means of manuring the land, he in turn being bound to provide a fold for the sheep.
- noun A customary fee paid by a tenant to the lord of a manor for exemption from this obligation. Also called
fald-fee . - noun Also
foldage .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (O. Eng. Law) A privilege of setting up, and moving about, folds for sheep, in any fields within manors, in order to manure them; -- often reserved to himself by the lord of the manor.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun law, obsolete A
privilege of setting up, and moving about,folds forsheep , in anyfields withinmanors , in order tomanure them; often reserved to himself by the lord of the manor.
Etymologies
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Latin faldagium, from Anglo-Saxon fald, English fold. Compare foldage.
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