burghal, a.
(ˈbɜːgəl)
Also burgal.
[f. burgh + -al1.]
Of or pertaining to a burgh, borough, or municipal corporation; † burghal division, a portion (of land) of size suitable for a burgage tenement; cf. borough 4.
| 1591 Charter of Jas. VI, in A. M{supc}Kay Hist. Kilmarnock (1864) 300 To assign his lands..in whole or in part, into burghal divisions, for buildings or houses to be erected on the same. 1839 W. Chambers Tour Holland 33/1 These times of Amsterdam's burgal glory. 1847 National Cycl. 691 The burgh warrant is a burghal or civic proceeding directed against foreign debtors. 1864 Burton Scot Abr. ii. 282 That old burghal community..the Hanse Towns. |