folkland

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Land held in villeinage, being distributed among the folk, or people, at the pleasure of the lord of the manor, and taken back at his discretion.

Word forms

folkland folklands

Etymology

From Old English folcland. By surface analysis, folk + land.

Related words

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