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Webster 1913 Edition


Faldage

Fald′age

,
Noun.
[LL.
faldagium
, fr. AS.
fald
, E.
fold
. Cf.
Foldage
.]
(O. Eng. Law)
A privilege of setting up, and moving about, folds for sheep, in any fields within manors, in order to manure them; – often reserved to himself by the lord of the manor.
Spelman.

Webster 1828 Edition


Faldage

FALD'AGE

,
Noun.
a as in all. [Low L. faldagium.]
In England, a privilege which anciently several lords reserved to themselves of setting up folds for sheep, in any fields within their manors, the better to manure them.

Definition 2024


faldage

faldage

English

Noun

faldage (countable and uncountable, plural faldages)

  1. (law, obsolete) A privilege of setting up, and moving about, folds for sheep, in any fields within manors, in order to manure them; often reserved to himself by the lord of the manor.
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