In Anglo-Saxon and later medieval England: work done by a tenant for a lord, carried out on a regular basis a certain number of days each week…
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| 释义 | society > occupation and work > work > [noun] > forced, statute, or feudal work (9) week-worklOE In Anglo-Saxon and later medieval England: work done by a tenant for a lord, carried out on a regular basis a certain number of days each week… servicec1300 With reference to obligation to a superior (originally a feudal lord). A duty (whether a payment in money or in kind, a definite amount of… corvée1340 A day's work of unpaid labour due by a vassal to his feudal lord; the whole forced labour thus exacted; in France, extended to the statute labour… task-work1582 Work performed as a task; forced labour; hence, oppressive or burdensome work. statute work1683 = statute labour n. statute labour1729 unpaid work for the maintenance of public services, esp. highways or roads, required by statute to be undertaken by the residents or tenants of a… statute duty1753 = statute labour n. slave labour1820 forced labour1872 Compelled, imposed, or exacted by force; enforced, compulsory; not spontaneous, voluntary, or optional. spec. forced labour (also as attributive… |
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