Definition of ragman roll
1
obsolete
: a long list (as on a scroll or document) : catalog
- the whole ragman roll of fasting days
- —Thomas Nash
2
: a series of rolls of deeds on parchment in which the Scottish nobility and gentry subscribed allegiance to Edward I of England in 1291 and especially in 1296 during Edward's progress through Scotland and at the parliament of Berwick
—usually used in plural
