husbandland

noun

hus·​band·​land

ˈhəzbən(d)lənd

1

a

: the holding of a manorial tenant

b

: a quantity of arable land equal to two bovates : virgate

2

: the land occupied and tilled by the tenants of a manor as distinguished from the demesne lands

Word History

Etymology

Middle English husbondeland, from housbonde, husbonde + land

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