wardship (usually uncountable, plural wardships)
(chiefly, legal) The state of being a ward of someone.
(historical) In English feudal law, the guardianship which the lord had of the land of his vassal while the latter was an infant or minor.
• shipward
Source: Wiktionary
Ward"ship, n.
1. The office of a ward or keeper; care and protection of a ward; guardianship; right of guardianship. Wardship is incident to tenure in socage. Blackstone.
2. The state of begin under a guardian; pupilage. It was the wisest act . . . in my wardship. B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 December 2024
(verb) attack with machine guns or cannon fire from a low-flying plane; “civilians were strafed in an effort to force the country’s surrender”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
