run-ridgeadv.n.adj.
/ˈrʌnrɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈrənˌrɪdʒ/ Now historical.† A. adv.
= runrig adv. Obsolete. rare.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [adverb] > types of farm tenure
rundale1428
runrig1507
run-ridge1679
1679 in J. Lauder Decisions Lords of Council (1759) I. 35 My lands, which lye run-ridge therewith, must be expressly reserved.
1806 G. Hutcheson Treat. Offices Justice of Peace II. x. 512 (heading) Of the Division of Lands lying Run-ridge.
B. n.
= runrig n. 2.
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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > [noun] > narrow strip of land
swathc1325
runrig1437
raina1450
selionc1450
rundale1474
quillet1533
rig length1616
plank1631
narrow land1640
rap1710
run-ridge1741
rean1781
slinget1790
slip1837
society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [noun] > held by types of farm tenure
runrig1437
run-ridge1741
rundale1819
croft1850
1741 Ld. Kames Decisions Court of Session 2 355 A judge having made a division of run-ridge, conform to the act 23d, parl. 1695.
1826 W. M. Morison Dict. Decisions Court of Session XVIII. 1365 Lands lying mixed in larger parcels are not divisible as run-ridge.
1873 J. Macdonell Land Question (2009) vii. 217 The reports of decisions in the Court of Session..are full of actions for the division of land lying in..runridge.
1906 J. W. Barty Anc. Deeds in Mackenzie-Wharncliffe Charter-Chest 96 The Bendochy farms, which now consist of some of the best land in Perthshire, were let and occupied by ‘runridge’.
2002 J. Wolffe in Unjustified Enrichment viii. xv. 419 This had been a necessary first step to a reordering of the estate—in particular to dealing with areas occupied by rentallers and areas of runridge.
C. adj. (attributive).
= runrig adj.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [adjective] > held by type of farm tenure
rundaled1592
rundale1605
steelbowed1606
runrigged1683
runrig1751
run-ridge1768
1768 Form of Process in Court of Session Contents p. vi Process of division of runridge lands.
1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. 404 When the lands were generally cultivated in the open field, or run-ridge state.
1860 W. G. Stewart Lect. on Mountains i. 4 The absurd method of run-ridge farming still took place in a great part of the parish.
1952 A. Clow & N. L. Clow Chem. Revol. xxi. 463 The agrarian revolution saw an end of division into infield and outfield, and of the run-ridge system.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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