BOOKLAND

Etymology

Noun

bookland (plural booklands)

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

Hypernyms

• land

Etymology

Proper noun

Bookland

(informal) The notional "country" associated with a numeric country prefix allocated in the 1980s for European Article Number identifiers of published books, regardless of country of origin.

Source: Wiktionary

Book"land`, Bock"land`, n. Etym: [AS. b; b book + land land.] (O. Eng. Law)

Definition: Charter land held by deed under certain rents and free services, which differed in nothing from free socage lands. This species of tenure has given rise to the modern freeholds.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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