| 单词 | sheep-silver |
| 释义 | > as lemmassheep-silver sheep-silver n. (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > payment or service to feudal superior > [noun] > money payment in lieu of produce sheep-silver?12.. wood-silverc1245 wood-penny1261 woodland penny1351 cow-whit1508 wether-silver1557 sheep-moneya1618 veal money1672 wood-rent1774 ?12.. Reg. Alb. Bur. (MS.) 53 in Kennett Cowel's Interpr. De Schepsilver sc. pro vi. ovibus 1d. 1675 Jones's Reports 280 Sheep-silver..is a service now turned into money, which is paid, in respect that anciently the tenants used to wash their lords sheep. 1809 R. Kerr Agric. Surv. Berwick xv. 414 A yearly allowance in money..from 30s. to 40s. each, in name of sheep-silver, being a commutation of an ancient permission of keeping a few sheep upon the farm. 1822 S. Hibbert Descr. Shetland Islands 198 The compliment of an ox and twelve sheep from every parish had..been granted to the Earl of Bothwell. It was..converted into a perpetual tribute, under the name of ox and sheep silver. < as lemmas |
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