subhastation
/ˌsʌbhəˈsteɪʃn/Now historical
noun
A public auction as compelled by law.
- Chiefly in Continental European contexts..
Origin
Early 17th century; earliest use found in Philemon Holland (1552–1637), translator. From (i) Middle French, French subhastation.
- boulder clay
- bouldering
- boulderstone
- bouldery
- boule
- lancet window
- lancewood
- Lanchow
- Lancs.
- land
- Land Acts
- land agency
- land agent
- land (also country, island, kingdom,etc.) of the rising sun
- landau
- landaulet
- Landau, Lev
- land bank
- landbanking
- land breeze
- land bridge
- Landcare
- land council
- land crab
- land drain