cottageryn.
/ˈkɒtᵻdʒ(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈkɑdᵻdʒ(ə)ri/ rare.† 1. A landholding held by a cottar or cottager. Obsolete. rare.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [noun] > leasehold land or tenement > types of
pendicle1420
cottage1467
horseman's beda1687
cottagery1697
flatshare1965
1697 A. de la Pryme Diary (1870) i. 159 The lord..of this mannour..had also a capon of every husbandry, and a hen of a whole cottagry, and a chicken of a half cottagry; and in hay time every one that had a cottagry went a whole day to make hay for him in Grime cloas.
2. Cottages, or their characteristics, considered collectively.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > small house > cottages collectively
cottagery1797
1797 J. T. Smith Remarks on Rural Scenery 7 Gainsborough..appears to have been the first English master that had courage to quit the dull unvarying routine in rural painting,..to give distinct characteristics and original varieties to his cottagery.
1826 J. Fosbroke Picturesque Acct. Cheltenham i. 36 As to the wood work, it has but two principles, equal size in the meshes..and utter extinction of the smallest approach to formality. The rest is imitation of cottagery.
1965 Art Bull. 47 386/1 The ardent enthusiasm for cottagery and old mills expressed in Uvedale Price's Essay on the Picturesque.
2003 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 18 Jan. 15 Concentrating..residential development in high-density nuclei of genuine low-cost housing instead of allowing expensive cottagery to sprawl all over the countryside.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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