单词 | bookland |
释义 | bookland/ˈbʊkland /noun [mass noun] British historical An area of common land granted by charter to a private owner before the Norman conquest.This long delay is not surprising, however, since the movement towards the acquisition of bookland - that is, land alienated from the tribe by use of the land-charter - was not a steady one....
OriginOld English, from bóc 'charter' + land. The term was applied eventually to all land that was not folcland, i.e. land subject to traditional communal obligations. |
随便看 |
英语词典包含243303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。