fal|dage

fal|dage
fal|dage «FL dihj», noun.
an old English law under which the lord of a manor required a tenant's sheep to pasture on his fields as a means of manuring the land, he in turn being bound to provide a fold for the sheep.
[Middle English faldage < fald fold2 + -age]

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