单词 | tacksman |
释义 | tacksmann. Scottish. One who holds a tack or lease of land, a watermill, coal-mines, fisheries, tithes, customs, or anything farmed or leased; a lessee; esp. in the Highlands, a middleman who leases directly from the proprietor of the estate a large piece of land which he sublets in small farms. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > leaseholder or tenant kindly tenanta1325 tenant1377 mailer1392 farmer1414 renter1444 takerc1450 fee-farmer1468 lessee1495 mail-man?a1500 tacksman1533 land-tenant1543 rentaller1553 fermerera1572 tenementer1574 mail-payer1597 inholdera1599 feu-farmer1609 leaseholder1858 leaser1877 1533 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 148 Gif thair be ony takkis~men of the tovne that dissentis to the paiment of thir settis, that thai salbe dischargit of thair takkis. 1563 Inchaffray Reg. (Bannatyne) 83 Our lait cousing David Lord Drummond and Dame Lilias Ruthven his spous as takismen of the Abbacie of Inchaeffray. 1627 Rep. Parishes Scotl. (Bannatyne) 2 William Erle of Angus taxman off the haill personag teinds of the Barronj. 1630 in Proc. Soc. Ant. Scot. (1896) XXX. 58 The takismen and custumeris of the saidis impostis of wynnes. 1680 St. Andrew's Town Council Minute-bk. 23 Dec. 86 Impouring him quarterlie to receave from the taxsmen of Costomes the tak deutie payable for the saidis Costomes. 1775 S. Johnson Journey W. Islands 196 Next in dignity to the Laird is the Tacksman. 1791 ‘T. Newte’ Prospects & Observ. Tour 125 The Tacksmen of the Highlands were usually descendants of those heads of families of whom they held their lands. 1794 Sporting Mag. 3 50 Mr. Richard Graham, tacksman of the fishery of J. C. Curwen. 1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xx. 305 Tacksmen, as they were called, who occupied portions of his estate as..lessees. View more context for this quotation 1887 Times (Weekly ed.) 25 Feb. 9/3 In Munster or Connaught, the tacksmen who covenanted directly with the lairds might deal as they pleased with their sub-tenants. Derivatives ˈtacksˌwoman n. a female holder of a tack. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > leaseholder or tenant > woman tackswoman1585 1585 Exch. Rolls Scotl. XXI. 583 The dewtie of the kirk of Kinros awand be Agnes Leslie, ledie Lochlewin, taxis~woman thairof. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1533 |
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