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farmhold|ˈfɑːmhəʊld|
[f. farm n.2 + hold n.]
A quantity of land held and cultivated as a farm.
1449Plumpton Corr. 68 He thinks to have the farm-hould for 2vijs. viiid. in one yeare; but he shall not. 1504Plumpton Cor. 184, I will not lett Tho. Croft wife..occupie her fermeald. 1567Wills & Inv. N.C. (Surtees) I. 275, I geue to my wyf Agness..the leas of my fremhold during hir lyf naturall. 1628Coke Littleton 5 a, A fearme is called in Lancashire a fermeholt. 1774T. West Antiq. Furness (1805) 151 Grants, fermholds, annuities, corridies. 1882G. Ornsby York 27 Under a corrupted form it [the name Jacobi villa] probably still survives in the appellation of a farmhold. |