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Webster 1913 Edition


Faldage

Fald′age

,
Noun.
[LL.
faldagium
, fr. AS.
fald
, E.
fold
. Cf.
Foldage
.]
(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.
Spelman.

Webster 1828 Edition


Faldage

FALD'AGE

,
Noun.
a as in all. [Low L. faldagium.]
In England, a privilege which anciently several lords reserved to themselves of setting up folds for sheep, in any fields within their manors, the better to manure them.