Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
reap-silver .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Money anciently paid by servile tenants to their lord, in lieu of the customary service of reaping his corn or grain.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word rep-silver.
Examples
-
The "rep-silver," the commutation for that old service of reaping in the abbot's fields, had ceased to be exacted from the richer burgesses.
Stray Studies from England and Italy John Richard Greene 1860
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.