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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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