† pound rightn.Obsoleterare (perhaps) the right to the amount of moorland which went with a pound-land; (perhaps) a right to a part of a moor valued at a pound.
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pound right1586
1586 in W. Greenwell Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1860) II. 128 Two lyttell croftes..called tenter croftes, with the churche yearde of Darnton, and one pownderight of Branson moore.