单词 | rundale |
释义 | rundaleadv.n.adj. Chiefly Scottish and Irish English. Now historical.Used esp. with reference to a mode of land tenure as practised in Ireland; compare the chiefly Scottish runrig n., adv., and adj. With reference to the holding or allocation of land: in separate strips cultivated by different tenants. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [adverb] > types of farm tenure rundale1428 runrig1507 run-ridge1679 1428 in C. Innes Liber Sancte Marie de Melros (1837) 521 Þai couth part it no rychtar na hym to hafe þe tane halfe & hym þe toþer ryndale be four rygges & four. 1593 Burgh Rec. Lanark (1893) 110 The balleis and cunsall hes vottet that the toun muir be delt amang the..induelleris in this brught..rindaill amang thaim. 1612 in R. S. Barclay Court Bk. Orkney & Shetland (1962) 18 The twa merk uthall landis quhilk lay rig and rendall of befoir with and amangis the said James landis. 1826 Decisions Lords of Council & Session 1766–1791 I. 159 It may be doubted whether the division of fields of two or three acres, lying rundale, can be forced by the statute 1695. 1842 Rep. Supreme Courts Scotl. 14 553/2 Part of his estate..lay runrig and rundale. B. n. 1. The system of land tenure by which an area of arable land or pastureland is divided into irregular strips, each of which is then allocated by lot to a tenant on a rotation system; = runrig n. 2. Frequently in in rundale. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > [noun] > narrow strip of land swathc1325 runrig1437 raina1450 selionc1450 rundale1474 quillet1533 rig length1616 plank1631 narrow land1640 rap1710 run-ridge1741 rean1781 slinget1790 slip1837 society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [noun] > types of farm tenure steelbow1434 rundale1474 runrig1525 crofting1851 mock1862 métayage1877 1474–5 Ayr Burgh Court Bks. 5 Jan. in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Rindale The mark lande..the quhilk lyis in rynddayll with the freris land of Are. 1519 in J. S. Clouston Rec. Earldom of Orkney (1914) 93 Nor na wtheris lyis in rinrig [ed. curig] nor rendell girse pairk nor wair pairt. 1545 Reg. Mag. Sig. II. 747 Et lie Fieldland jacentem ryndale in territorio de Cottis. 1600 Retour in T. Thomson Inquisitionum (1811) I. Kirkcudbright § 43 40 denariatis terrarum antiqui extentus de Troquer in lie rundaill jacentibus. 1614 Retour in T. Thomson Inquisitionum (1811) II. Wigton § 39 2 mercatis terrarum de Ardnamoird jacentibus in rindaill antiqui extentus. 1677 in C. M. Armet Kirkcudbright Sheriff Court Deeds (1953) II. 96 [And the] cornland in rundal through wther. 1780 A. Young Tour Ireland (Dublin ed.) I. 213 There is a custom here called rundale, which is a division of their farms into spaces by balks, without fences, which they take here and there exactly like the common fields of England. 1794 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. X. 26 [Caithness] Possessing land in what is called rig and rennal, or run-rig. 1816 W. S. Mason Surv. Ireland II. 163 The custom of holding farms in rundale, is alone sufficient to impede agricultural improvement. 1848 Edinb. Rev. 87 240 In Mayo and other western counties the old barbarous Irish tenure called Rundale (Scotch runrigg) still prevails. 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 29 Nov. 3/1 The third improvement was the squaring of the holdings; they had formerly been held in rundale. 1909 S. Gwynn Holiday in Connemara iv. 56 When a landlord owns an estate held in rundale, he should only be allowed to sell it to the Commissioners and not direct to the tenants. 1978 R. Fox Tory Islanders v. 111 The Eoins..must have held most of Páirc na roilleach, Páirc Bhrianaigh Mhóir, and parts of the adjacent ‘parks’ under rundale. 1999 M. Shoard Right to Roam iv. 165 Estates simply swept away the old system of ‘runrig’ (akin to England's open-field system and Ireland's ‘rundale’) and cut down the number of their farming tenants, often at great speed. 2. Arable land or pastureland held under this system; a strip of such land. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [noun] > held by types of farm tenure runrig1437 run-ridge1741 rundale1819 croft1850 1819 W. S. Mason Surv. Ireland III. 17 Each tenant takes a share of those divisions, commonly called a rundale. 1843 S. C. Hall & A. M. Hall Ireland III. 261 The tenants had divided and subdivided the small portions of arable land into Rundale. 1895 Times 21 Sept. 8/4 Scattered scraps of rundale ranged over by the cattle and sheep. 1902 E. Untermann tr. F. Engels Origin Family, Private Prop. & State vii. 161 Until about fifty years ago, village marks were quite frequent, and some of these so-called rundales may be found to this day. 1991 A. Nikiforuk Fourth Horseman vii. 117 On rundales or ancestral plots shared by their peasant owners, the division of property became as ridiculous as a play by Samuel Beckett. C. adj. (attributive). Held under or designating the system of land tenure by which an area of arable land or pastureland is divided into irregular strips and allocated to tenants. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [adjective] > held by type of farm tenure rundaled1592 rundale1605 steelbowed1606 runrigged1683 runrig1751 run-ridge1768 1605 in J. S. Clouston Rec. Earldom of Orkney (1914) 180 To haiff..possessioun of the ferd fite of the thrie penie land in Grawis..of the rendall land. 1780 A. Young Tour Ireland (Dublin ed.) I. *215 There is some land yet in the rundale way. 1847 J. R. McCulloch Descr. Acct. Brit. Empire (ed. 3) I. iii. i. 525 A large extent of land is leased to several persons jointly, according to the village or run-dale system. 1875 H. J. S. Maine Lect. Early Hist. Inst. iv. 101 The extensive prevalence of rundale holdings in parts of the country. 1884 Times (Weekly ed.) 19 Sept. 5/2 When he sub-divided the rundale lands in lots distributed round the dwellings. 1903 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 612/2 The Commissioners will have to get rid of the fatal ‘rundale’ complications, and to divide the holdings of joint-tenants. 1952 G. H. Dury Map Interpr. xi. 107 The custom of gavelkind in North Wales, and the breakdown of the rundale system of agriculture in Ireland, are now known to have assisted in dispersion from primary nuclei. 1991 T. Enright Day in our Life (1993) 2 The tenants still held their land under the medieval rundale system of scattered unfenced strips in large open fields. Derivatives ˈrundaled adj. rare divided out on the rundale system. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > tenure and rights > [adjective] > relating to tenured land rundaled1592 steelbowed1606 runrigged1683 runrig1751 society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [adjective] > held by type of farm tenure rundaled1592 rundale1605 steelbowed1606 runrigged1683 runrig1751 run-ridge1768 1592 in J. S. Clouston Rec. Earldom of Orkney (1914) 167 Eftir your court beand fensit caus thame be sworne, to pas throucht the haill rendallit land, alsweill infield as owtfeild..and mak ane equale devisioun thairupoun. 1884 M. Hickson Ireland in 17th Cent. I. 32 Owners of rundaled scraps of pasturage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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