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In Scotland and the north of England: the holding of a manorial tenant (see husband, n. 4(b)); the land occupied and tilled by any of the tenants of…
Scottish. A landholding in a town or burgh; (also) the tenants or inhabitants of such a landholding. Obsolete.
Feudal Law. Esp. in the west of England: land, or a piece of land, held by a particular kind of feudal tenure (see quot. 1903).