copyhold

1. 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

   Broadertenure

Other forms of copyhold

plural

copyholds·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about copyhold

What does copyhold mean?

copyhold means "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".

How many syllables are in copyhold?

copyhold has 3 syllables: co-py-hold. The stress falls on "co".

Is copyhold a common word?

copyhold is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.