faldage

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  1. 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. A customary fee paid by a tenant to the lord of a manor for exemption from this obligation. Also called fald-fee.
  3. Also foldage.

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  1. Middle Latin (English Law L.) faldagium: Spelman gives an Anglo-Saxon *faldgang, meaning the same as faldage (literally a fold-going); Somner, *fald-gang-penig, equivalent to fald-fee, q. v. See faldsoke, faldworth. These are old law words, not found in Middle English or Anglo-Saxon literature.
 

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