bookland

n. [英史](经君主特准)授予私人的公地

词形变化

booklands 复数 booklands

别名

bockland bocland

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    In Anglo-Saxon society, land held by charter or written title, free from all fief, fee, service, and fines. It was held chiefly by the nobility and denominated freeholders.

    历史

词源

From Middle English bocland, boclond, from Old English bōcland. By surface analysis, book + -land.

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