COPYHOLD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does copyhold mean? 

• COPYHOLD (noun)
  The noun COPYHOLD has 1 sense:

1. a medieval form of land tenure in England; a copyhold was a parcel of land granted to a peasant by the lord of the manor in return for agricultural services

  Familiarity information: COPYHOLD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COPYHOLD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A medieval form of land tenure in England; a copyhold was a parcel of land granted to a peasant by the lord of the manor in return for agricultural services

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("copyhold" is a kind of...):

land tenure; tenure (the right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding lands)