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faldage Law.|ˈfældɪdʒ|
[ad. law-L. faldāgi-um, f. OE. fald, fold n.1 In 16th c. anglicized as foldage.]
An old privilege by which a lord of the manor could set up folds in any fields within the manor, in which his tenants were obliged to put their sheep, the object being to manure the land.
1692–1732Coles, Faldage, the Lords liberty of folding his tenants' sheep. 1708Termes de la Ley 330 This Faldage in some places is termed Fold-course or Free-fold. 1865Nichols Britton II. 373 His right of faldage, i.e. to have the tenant's sheep to manure his land. |