Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

faldage

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: faldage
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A privilege of setting up, and moving about, sheepfolds, in any fields within manors, in order to manure them or to keep others' cattle therein. This privilege was often reserved to himself by the lord of the manor.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

A fee paid for exemption from this.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"It was decided , in a case where the lord of a manor had liberty of faldage and a fold-course for 300 sheep over certain closes within the manor, that the lessee of these rights could not feed his own sheep over these closes"

Etymology

From Latin faldagium, from Old English fald (whence English fold). Compare foldage.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: faldagium, fald

Usage

Inflected Forms

faldages (plural)

Questions

What does faldage mean?: A privilege of setting up, and moving about, sheepfolds, in any fields within manors, in order to manure them or to keep others' cattle therein. This privilege was often reserved to himself by the lord of the manor.
Where does faldage come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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