folkland

== English == === Etymology === From Old English folcland. Equivalent to folk +‎ land. === Noun === folkland (countable and uncountable, plural folklands) (law, historical, UK) Land held in villeinage, being distributed among the folk, or people, at the pleasure of the lord of the manor, and taken back at his discretion. ==== Related terms ==== bookland === References === “folkland”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === landfolk