† ˈpound-land Sc. Obs.
Also pund-.
[f. pound n.1 + land n.1, repr. med.L. librata terræ.]
A measure of arable land equal to four oxgangs or half a plough-land.
| 1547 in Calr. Laing Charters (1899) 139 Dowbill maill for ewerie pundland, that is to say, twentie punds money of this realm for the said ten pund land. 1575 Reg. Privy Council Scot. II. 468 Of every pundland of auld extent. 1585 Decr. Sc. Exch. in E. W. Robertson Hist. Ess. (1872) 136 Thirteen acres extendis and sall extend to ane oxgait of land, and four oxgait extendis and sall extend to ane pund land of auld extent. 1753 Chambers Cycl. Supp., Pound land... This is also called librata terræ, and is used in Scotland to denote a certain portion of arable land, containing four oxengate, or fifty-two acres. |