thirdings

English

Noun

thirdings

1. plural of thirding

Noun

thirdings (uncountable)

1. (UK, law) One third of the corn or grain growing on the ground at the tenant's death, paid to the lord as a heriot.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “thirdings”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• drightins