ˈverderership
Also 8 verdurer-.
[f. verderer2 + -ship.]
The office of a verderer.
| 1611 Cotgr., Segrarie, a Verderership; or such a like Office of account in forrests. 1762 tr. Busching's Syst. Geog. VI. 296 The verdurership over Osterforest. 1863 Guardian 14 Jan. 25/1 The election of proper persons to fill the vacancies in the verderership of the Forest. 1901 Blackw. Mag. Nov. 660/2 Why should not the author of ‘The Forest Lovers’..be offered a verderership? |