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Webster 1913 Edition

Bordland

Bord′landˊ

,
Noun.
[
Bordar
(or perh.
bord
a board) +
land
.]
(O. Eng. Law)
Either land held by a bordar, or the land which a lord kept for the maintenance of his board, or table.
Spelman.

Definition 2024

bordland

bordland

English

Noun

bordland ‎(plural bordlands)

  1. (Britain, law, obsolete) The land held by a bordar.
  2. (Britain, law, obsolete) The land which a lord kept for the maintenance of his board, or table.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Spelman to this entry?)

Etymology

bordar (or perhaps bord ‎(“a board”)) + land.

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