gildable, a. and n. Hist.
(ˈgɪldəb(ə)l)
Also guildable.
[f. gild v.2 + -able; cf. geldable.]
A. adj. Subject to taxation.
| 1495 Act 11 Hen. VII, c. 9 §1 The seid lordshippe..[shall be] from hensforth gildable and parte of the Shire of Northumbreland aforeseid. 1556 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxford (1880) 254 The seid strete is..w{supt} in the liberties..and..gildable. 1681 Burnet Hist. Ref. II. 125 Commissions were next given to examine the state of the chantries and guildable lands. 1766 Entick London I. 275 Southwark is guildable. |
B. n. An area subject to taxation.
| 1602 W. Fulbecke 2nd Pt. Parall. 40 That which was within the bayliwicke of the Shirife namelie in guildable, himselfe caused to be extended by parcels. 1639 Nuisance to Priv. Houses 31 The Statute doth not distinguish betweene the ancient Demesne and the Guildable in these cases. 1766 Entick London IV. 384 It contains three liberties or manors, viz. the great liberty, the guildable, and the king's manor. 1837 Sir F. Palgrave Merch. & Friar (1844) 69 Not being shire-land or guildable. |