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markland Sc.|ˈmɑːklənd|
[f. mark n.2 + land.]
A division of land, originally of the annual value of a mark; = mark n.2
As ‘a markland’ and ‘a mark (of) land’ were equivalent, it is often difficult to determine whether in the early examples the combination is a compound or a syntactical collocation.
1550in Black Bk. Taymouth (Bannatyne Cl.) 407 The markland of Drimleyort, the half markland of Glenkinglas [etc.]. 1774Pennant Tour Scot. in 1772, 197 The island is divided into marklands, each of which ought to maintain fourteen cows and four horses. 1793Statist. Acc. Scot. VII. 393 The lands are reckoned by a peculiar measurement, by what are called merks-land. Each merk-land ought to contain 1600 square fathoms. 1884Campbell Rec. Argyll 61 This parish, divided into 116 marklands, is [etc.]. |