BOROUGH-ENGLISH


Meaning of BOROUGH-ENGLISH in English

/berr"oh ing"glish/ or, often, /-lish, bur"-/ , n.

(formerly, in some parts of England) a custom by which the youngest son inherited the entire estate upon the death of his father.

[ 1300-50; ME ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .