free bench

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A married woman's entitlement to the use of her husband's lands or property after he dies; or the land and property itself considered as such an entitlement. historical,uncountable
    — In most manors, free-bench consists of one half of the husband's copyhold; although, in others, it consists of a third or fourth part, and in some few, of the whole copyhold.

词形变化

freebench alternative free-bench alternative

词源

From free + bench, after Anglo-Norman franc banc (“frank bank”).
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