drift of the forest
名词 n.
英 /ˌdɹɪft‿əv ðə ˈfɒɹɪst/
美 /ˌdɹɪft‿əv ðə ˈfɔɹəst/|/-ˈfɑ-/
英文释义
名词 n.
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The act of driving or herding cattle in a forest to a particular place in order to determine who they belong to and whether the owners have a right to common or pasture them in the forest, and whether any fines should be paid by those without such a right.
— It ſeemeth by the Aſſiſes of the Forreſt of Pickring and Lancaſter, that the Officers of the Forreſt there, did vſe to make two driftes of their Forreſt euery yeare, the firſt of thoſe driftes was made yearely fifteene daies before Midſomer, at the beginning of the Fence moneth, becauſe that in that moneth, no man might haue any beaſtes commoning within the waſt ſoile of the Forreſt, and then by that drift, the forreſt was cleane emptied and auoided of all beaſts and cattell, during the fence moneth onely: […]
词形变化
词源
From drift (“act of driving or herding cattle”) + of + the + forest.
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