freeholding1
/ˈfriːˌhəʊldɪŋ/noun
= freehold.
Origin
Middle English; earliest use found in Statutes of the Realm. From free + holding, after either Anglo-Norman franctenement, franctenance, or post-classical Latin tenementum liberum.
freeholding2
/ˈfriːˌhəʊldɪŋ/adjective
That possesses a freehold; that is a freeholder.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Acts of Parliament of Scotland. From free + holding, after freeholder. With use as noun compare earlier freeholder, and also the Anglo-Norman and Latin forms cited at that entry.