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faldage

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A privilege of setting up, and moving about, sheepfolds, in any fields within manors, in order to manure them or to keep others' cattle therein. This privilege was often reserved to himself by the lord of the manor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Norfolk, countable, obsolete, uncountable

Topics: law

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noun

Meaning 2

A fee paid for exemption from this.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

Topics: law

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History

Etymology

From Latin faldagium, from Old English fald (whence English fold). Compare foldage.