English Explanatory Dictionary

faldage

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A privilege of setting up, and moving about, sheepfolds, in any fields within manors, in order to manure them or to keep others' cattle therein. This privilege was often reserved to himself by the lord of the manor.
  2. A fee paid for exemption from this.

Word forms

faldage faldages

Etymology

From Latin faldagium, from Old English fald (whence English fold). Compare foldage.

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