▪ I. † ˈgainor1 Law. Obs. rare.
Also 7 gainour, gainure.
[ad. OF. gaigneure, gaaigneure tillage. See gain v.3 and gainage.]
Tillage, cultivation; in phrase in gainor, designating land in the occupation of a socage tenant.
| 1607 Cowell Interpr. s.v. Gainage, The oxegang is alwaies of a thing that lyeth in gainor. 1610 W. Folkingham Art of Survey ii. vii. 60 Bouata is properly vsed of Lands in Gainour, viz. vsually plowed..It is not reputed in Demesne, but in Gainor. 1670 Blount Law Dict., Gainure, tillage. |
▪ II. † gainor2 Law. Obs. rare—1.
[ad. OF. gaigneur, gaaignor etc., a husbandman. See gain v.3]
A cultivator, husbandman.
| 1607 Cowell Interpr. s.v. Gainage, Gainor..is used of a sokeman that hath such land in his occupation. |