bookland

bookland
noun
  1. [mass noun](Brit. historical)an area of common land granted by charter to a private owner before the Norman conquest
    (英,史)(经君主特准)授予私人的公地
语源
  1. Old English , from bóc 'charter' + landThe term was applied eventually to all land that was not folcland, i.e. land subject to traditional communal obligations
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