mesnalty
noun
mes·nal·ty
ˈmēnᵊltē
variants or less commonly mesnality
mēˈnalətē
plural -es
: the estate or condition of a mesne lord
Word History
Etymology
mesnalty probably from Anglo-French mesnalté (attested as mesnatty, mesnattie), from mesne, noun + -alté as in comunalté commonalty; mesnality, alteration (influenced by -ity) of mesnalty
- belt-and-suspenders
- belt-fed
- belt-sanding
- belt-tightening
- belt-tightenings
- Beltane
- beltanes
- belted
- belted (down)
- belted cattle
- belted coastal plain
- belted down
- Belted Galloway
- belted kingfisher
- belted up
- belted-bias tire
- belter
- belters
- beltfish
- Beltian
- belting
- belting (down)
- belting down
- belting up
- beltings