GAVELKIND


Meaning of GAVELKIND in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈga-vəl-ˌkīnd ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English gavelkynde, from gavel (I) + kinde kind

Date: 14th century

: a tenure of land existing chiefly in Kent from Anglo-Saxon times until 1925 and providing for division of an intestate's estate equally among the sons or other heirs

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.