| 单词 | reeve-pole |
| 释义 | > as lemmasreeve-pole reeve-pole n. ΚΠ 1788 J. Love New Waymouth Guide 19 If, perchance, you take your refreshment at the Portland Arms, Gibs will shew you..the Reve Pole, which exhibits a very ancient mode of keeping accounts. 1871 Times 25 Aug. 6/1 Mr. Eliot..produced a reeve-pole—a square pole about 10ft. long and 1in. square, marked from end to end with notches indicating the sums to be paid by each tenant of the barony. 1949 Antiquity Sept. 144 The rents of all tenants were entered by the Reeve on a Reeve-Pole... of mahogany, deal, or pine... On it were symbols representing the five tithings and the amount of rent to be paid by each tenant. < as lemmas |
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