† bord-land Obs. Feudal Syst.
[Explained in the 13th c. as f. OE. bord a table + land: but prob. really land held by a bordar in bordage tenure.]
| c 1250 Bracton iv. 19 (ed. Twiss) Est autem dominicum quod quis habet ad mensam suam et proprie, sicut sunt Bordlandes Anglice. 1610 W. Folkingham Art of Survey iii. v. 73 These Demesnes were called of the Saxons..Inlandt (and by Bracton..Bord-lands). 1664 Spelman Gloss., Bordlands terrae dominicales. [So in Blount; and in later Dicts.] |