请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 feu
释义

Definition of feu in English:

feu

nounPlural feus fjuːfju
Scots Law
  • 1A perpetual lease at a fixed rent.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A feu, in short, was a perpetual lease - a feu-farm, as it was often called - by which the tenant became bound to pay a substantial consideration.
    • We know about Pitmunie because of the archaeological work of Henry Hamilton in the 1930s, and records of leases and feus.
    1. 1.1 A piece of land held by a feu lease.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Reformation enabled tenants to buy for a steep price feu charters which apart from a small ongoing feu duty bestowed virtual ownership.
      • The feudal system and the feu disposition (the actual document which transfers ownership of the land from a superior to a purchaser) has been a useful tool for property developers in both the public and private sectors.
verbfeued, feuing, feus fjuːfju
[with object]Scots Law
  • Grant (land) on a feu ease.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The trustees' decision in 1760 to feu land to the town council, however, opened old wounds and was no formality.
    • In 1551, for financial reasons, Aberdeen applied to Mary Queen of Scots and was granted the right to feu these lands.

Origin

Late 15th century (originally denoting a feudal tenure in which an annual payment was made in lieu of military service): from Old French (see fee).

Rhymes

accrue, adieu, ado, anew, Anjou, aperçu, askew, ballyhoo, bamboo, bedew, bestrew, billet-doux, blew, blue, boo, boohoo, brew, buckaroo, canoe, chew, clew, clou, clue, cock-a-doodle-doo, cockatoo, construe, coo, Corfu, coup, crew, Crewe, cru, cue, déjà vu, derring-do, dew, didgeridoo, do, drew, due, endue, ensue, eschew, few, flew, flu, flue, foreknew, glue, gnu, goo, grew, halloo, hereto, hew, Hindu, hitherto, how-do-you-do, hue, Hugh, hullabaloo, imbrue, imbue, jackaroo, Jew, kangaroo, Karroo, Kathmandu, kazoo, Kiangsu, knew, Kru, K2, kung fu, Lahu, Lanzhou, Lao-tzu, lasso, lieu, loo, Lou, Manchu, mangetout, mew, misconstrue, miscue, moo, moue, mu, nardoo, new, non-U, nu, ooh, outdo, outflew, outgrew, peekaboo, Peru, pew, plew, Poitou, pooh, pooh-pooh, potoroo, pursue, queue, revue, roo, roux, rue, Selous, set-to, shampoo, shih-tzu, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, skean dhu, skew, skidoo, slew, smew, snafu, sou, spew, sprue, stew, strew, subdue, sue, switcheroo, taboo, tattoo, thereto, thew, threw, thro, through, thru, tickety-boo, Timbuktu, tiramisu, to, to-do, too, toodle-oo, true, true-blue, tu-whit tu-whoo, two, vendue, view, vindaloo, virtu, wahoo, wallaroo, Waterloo, well-to-do, whereto, whew, who, withdrew, woo, Wu, yew, you, zoo
 
 

Definition of feu in US English:

feu

nounfyo͞ofju
Scots Law
  • 1A perpetual lease at a fixed rent.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We know about Pitmunie because of the archaeological work of Henry Hamilton in the 1930s, and records of leases and feus.
    • A feu, in short, was a perpetual lease - a feu-farm, as it was often called - by which the tenant became bound to pay a substantial consideration.
    1. 1.1 A piece of land held by a feu.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Reformation enabled tenants to buy for a steep price feu charters which apart from a small ongoing feu duty bestowed virtual ownership.
      • The feudal system and the feu disposition (the actual document which transfers ownership of the land from a superior to a purchaser) has been a useful tool for property developers in both the public and private sectors.
verbfyo͞ofju
[with object]Scots Law
  • Grant (land) on a feu.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In 1551, for financial reasons, Aberdeen applied to Mary Queen of Scots and was granted the right to feu these lands.
    • The trustees' decision in 1760 to feu land to the town council, however, opened old wounds and was no formality.

Origin

Late 15th century (originally denoting a feudal tenure in which an annual payment was made in lieu of military service): from Old French (see fee).

 
 
随便看

 

英语词典包含464360条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/11/10 12:17:26