faldage

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. An old seigniorial right under which the lord of a manor required a tenant's sheep to pasture on his fields as a means of manuring the land, he in turn being bound to provide a fold for the sheep.
2. n. A customary fee paid by a tenant to the lord of a manor for exemption from this obligation. Also called fald-fee.
3. n. Also foldage.

Wiktionary

1. n. law, obsolete A privilege of setting up, and moving about, folds for sheep, in any fields within manors, in order to manure them; often reserved to himself by the lord of the manor.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (O. Eng. Law) A privilege of setting up, and moving about, folds for sheep, in any fields within manors, in order to manure them; -- often reserved to himself by the lord of the manor.