| 释义 |
† ˈhead-place Obs.
1. The residence occupied by the owner of a property containing several messuages; the capital messuage.
1463Bury Wills (Camden) 20, I will yt my newe hous..be deseverid and partyd froom the hefd place. Ibid. 21 The seid hefd place or whoo that ocupyeth it, to paye the hool rente.
2. A head or chief division of a subject.
1559Bp. Scot in Strype Ann. Ref. I. App. vii. 15 For the better understandinge of the same [reasons], I will brynge them unto three head-places. |