FALDAGE

Etymology

Noun

faldage (countable and uncountable, plural faldages)

(legal, 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.

(legal, obsolete) A fee paid for exemption from this.

Source: Wiktionary


Fald"age, n. Etym: [LL. faldagium, fr. AS. fald, E. fold. Cf. Foldage.] (O. Eng. Law)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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