单词 | poindage |
释义 | poindagen. Scottish. Now historical. = poundage n.2 1. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [noun] > seizing lands or goods > impounding of stray cattle pounding1428 parcage1449 pinnage1552 impounding1554 poundage1554 poindage1576 1576 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 523 By iterating of the offence to doubill the pane of the parcage or poindage. 1576 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 524 The keparis of the cattell sa dispasturing the ground of the opposit realme..will not permit the awnar of the ground..to use the ordour of parcage or poindage..bot will mak let..aganis the poinding or keping of the said cattell untill thay be redemit be paying of the poindage. 2005 archiver.rootsweb.com 16 Dec. (O.E.D. Archive) A ‘poindler’ was someone who caught straying or trespassing animals which could be held in ‘poindage’ while awaiting a fine for their release. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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