poundlandn.

Brit.

/ˈpaʊn(d)lənd/,

/ˈpaʊn(d)land/, U.S.

/ˈpaʊn(d)ˌlænd/, Scottish English

/ˈpʌʊn(d)land/

Forms: see pound n.¹ and land n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pound n.¹, land n.¹

Etymology: < pound n.¹ + land n.¹ Compare post-classical Latin librata terrae land having the rental value of one pound (frequently c1100–1586 in British sources). Compare earlier pounds worth n.

Scottish. Now historical.

A division of land having a rental value of a pound a year, later fixed as equal to four oxgangs or half a ploughland.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [noun] > a system or process of measuring land > carucate and equivalents > half a plough-land

poundland1500

1500 in W. Fraser Memorials Montgomeries (1859) II. 59 I..will..frelye deliur..to the said Hew..the said ten pwndlandis of auld extent.

1585 in E. W. Robertson Hist. Ess. (1872) 136 Thirteen acres extendis and sall extend to ane oxgait of land, and four oxgait extendis and sall extend to ane pund land of auld extent.

1659 A. Hay Diary 9 Sept. (1901) 131 I divyded it according to the pound land, and according to 28 lib. land ilk 20 sh. land gets 7 aikers.

1703 N. Battely Somner's Antiq. Canterbury (rev. ed.) i. 7 That King, by his Writ of Privy Seal, gives them both a licence of Mortmain, for the purchasing of twenty pound Land per annum to the City for ever.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Pound land... This is also called librata terræ, and is used in Scotland to denote a certain portion of arable land, containing four oxengate, or fifty-two acres.

1845 New Statist. Acct. Scotl. IV. 126 His Majesty would bestow upon them the thirty pund land.

1944 Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. 78 59 The Norse scale of land denominations..did not include poundlands, merklands, or shillinglands. The latter had a quite different historical origin and belonged to a different order.

1974 Hist. Jrnl. 17 19 In 1617 the rate of the land tax was fixed at 30/- annually on each poundland of old extent (a traditional valuation).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	poundland
释义	poundlandn. Brit. /ˈpaʊn(d)lənd/, /ˈpaʊn(d)land/, U.S. /ˈpaʊn(d)ˌlænd/, Scottish English /ˈpʌʊn(d)land/ Forms: see pound n.¹ and land n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pound n.¹, land n.¹ Etymology: < pound n.¹ + land n.¹ Compare post-classical Latin librata terrae land having the rental value of one pound (frequently c1100–1586 in British sources). Compare earlier pounds worth n. Scottish. Now historical. A division of land having a rental value of a pound a year, later fixed as equal to four oxgangs or half a ploughland. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of area > [noun] > a system or process of measuring land > carucate and equivalents > half a plough-land poundland1500 1500 in W. Fraser Memorials Montgomeries (1859) II. 59 I..will..frelye deliur..to the said Hew..the said ten pwndlandis of auld extent. 1585 in E. W. Robertson Hist. Ess. (1872) 136 Thirteen acres extendis and sall extend to ane oxgait of land, and four oxgait extendis and sall extend to ane pund land of auld extent. 1659 A. Hay Diary 9 Sept. (1901) 131 I divyded it according to the pound land, and according to 28 lib. land ilk 20 sh. land gets 7 aikers. 1703 N. Battely Somner's Antiq. Canterbury (rev. ed.) i. 7 That King, by his Writ of Privy Seal, gives them both a licence of Mortmain, for the purchasing of twenty pound Land per annum to the City for ever. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Pound land... This is also called librata terræ, and is used in Scotland to denote a certain portion of arable land, containing four oxengate, or fifty-two acres. 1845 New Statist. Acct. Scotl. IV. 126 His Majesty would bestow upon them the thirty pund land. 1944 Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. 78 59 The Norse scale of land denominations..did not include poundlands, merklands, or shillinglands. The latter had a quite different historical origin and belonged to a different order. 1974 Hist. Jrnl. 17 19 In 1617 the rate of the land tax was fixed at 30/- annually on each poundland of old extent (a traditional valuation). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1500
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