| 单词 | lot-meadow |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslot-meadow lot-meadow n. historical after late 19th cent. a meadow owned by several people and divided into sections which are assigned annually by lot; also as a mass noun. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [noun] > meadow land > meadow > other meadows stank-meadowc1358 lot-mead1552 lot-meadow1605 saeter1795 shade1806 rodham1882 1605 in F. W. Maitland Domesday Bk. & Beyond (1897) iii. 381 The particulars whereof soe far as knowne doe plainelye appeare in the platte and those which are unknowne, as wastes comons and lotte meadowes are equallye divided betweene them. 1675 W. Leonard 4th Pt. Rep. Cases of Law iv. 43 Where many have Lot-Meadow to be divided every year by lot who shall have the Grass of such an Acre, and who of such an Acre, &c. 1794 G. Turner Gen. View Agric. Gloucester 41 Here..there is a considerable quantity of lot meadow, which is common after hay-making. 1878 G. R. L. Marriott tr. E. de Laveleye Primitive Prop. 114 In many English villages meadows are still found divided into parts, which are annually assigned by lot among the co-partners. These are called lot meadows or lammas land. 1943 H. J. Massingham Men of Earth iii. 25 I went over to Yarnton..to see if I could pick up any memories of the dividing-up of the lot-meadows. 2014 D. Hall Open Fields Eng. i. 18 The lot meadows of Paulerspury..were divided into eight parts. < as lemmas |
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