† rood land Obs.
[f. rood n. 8 + land n.1 7.]
A plot of land of one rood in extent.
| 14.. Nom. in Wr.-Wülcker 737 Hec virgata, a rodlande. c 1450 Godstow Reg. 556 The forsaid Rode lond. c 1510 Reg. Burscough lf. 4 (P.R.O.), On the Northe Syde of the sayd chapelle is viij acres and iij Rode londes and viij falle. 1594 in Antiquary XXXII. 118 Rent of a rode land, xvs. 1635 MS. Indenture (Lancs.), A parcel of land containing one roodland of land. |