释义 |
aˈstricted, ppl. a. [f. astrict v. + -ed.] Confined, restricted; spec. in Sc. Law applied to lands held on such terms that the tenant must take grain grown upon them to be ground at a particular mill, paying a toll called multure or thirlage.
1656Fergusson On Coloss. 130 That astricted dispensation under the Old Testament. 1754Erskine Princ. Sc. Law (1809) 229 Thirlage may be extinguished by a charter of the astricted lands. 1819J. Greig Rep. Affairs Edinb. 37 Astricted multures payable by the brewers. |