| 词汇 | demesne |
| 释义 | demesne noun[ C ] uk /dɪˈmeɪn/ us /dɪˈmeɪn/ old use an area of land owned and controlled by someone: 领地，地产 The Forest of Dean was the king's demesne.迪恩森林是国王的领地。 old use the land belonging to a manor(= a large country house): 庄园领地 The enclosed fields of the manorial lord were known as the demesne.庄园领主大宅四周围起来的田地称为庄园领地。 literary part of a place or activity over which a person has control: （受某人支配的）领域，范围 The garden is Alice's little demesne.花园是爱丽丝的小领地。 Geography: areas of land in general berm bioregion circuit corner curtilage dry land ecoregion ecotonal enclosure intermountain landbank neutral zone non-desert orography patch swathe sweep territoriality transect You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Towns & regions: environments & localities Particular and individual Topics & areas of interest Examples of demesnedemesne A great many have sold their demesnes and cleared out altogether. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Demesnes are purchasable and home farms are purchasable up to the extent of £20,000. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 By the early fourteenth century the lord's demesne was worked by a combination of labour services, wage labour and the manorial famuli. However, ancient demesne cases also present the historians with a set of problems of interpretation. They live in immense villas on private parks, called demesnes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Several landowners would not permit contractors or their workmen to approach their demesnes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. On the other hand, ancient demesne status might have been of some use to the half-virgaters in their dispute with the lord over the nature of customary heriot payments. The answer must lie beyond the traditional perceptions of what the custom of ancient demesne entailed, and of what the criteria for ancient demesne status were. The protest was about compulsory work to repair public roads as well as private roads and avenues in gentry demesnes that was exacted from agricultural labourers for no wages. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The demesnes had meadow and pasture. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The majority of the manor's arable land was held by copyhold, and the data relate almost exclusively to copyhold land, as opposed to freehold or demesne leasehold. The first article touches demesne copyholds. No demesne lands were included in the property sold, which comprised tenanted lands and some 91 acres of untenanted lands. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The vendor has not agreed to sell any portion of his demesne land. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Are there inspectors to see that demesne owners comply? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of demesne These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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