单词 | in-lot |
释义 | in-lotn. 1. A lot or allotment situated within another. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > land > a piece of land > piece of land within another in-lota1661 a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Worc. 166 God in the partage of Palestine..made some Tribes to have In-lots within another. 2. In parts of the United States, originally French, a lot of land in a village large enough for a house, outhouses, and garden ( Cent. Dict.). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > land > a piece of land > large enough for a house and its surroundings house lot1636 in-lot1779 1779 in J. R. Robertson Petitions Early Inhabitants Kentucky (1914) 51 [We] pray that every Actual settler..may be entituled to Draw a free lott;..the lotts to consist of half acre in lott and five acre out lott. 1790 in Amer. Pioneer (1842) 1 72 Nathaniel Massie doth bind and oblige himself his heirs, &c., to make over and convey..one in-lot in said town. 1819 E. Dana Geogr. Sketches 74 The in-lots 621/ 2 by 871/ 2 feet each, were sold at public auction. 1837 W. Jenkins Ohio Gazetteer 109 The regular in-lots are ninety nine feet in front, extending back one hundred and ninety eight feet. 1948 E. N. Dick Dixie Frontier 148 The area in and around one of these stations was plotted and each settler could hold one or more ‘in lots’ or building plots on the townsite and one or more ‘out lots’ or farming areas. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.a1661 |
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