- trithing
- noun Etymology: Middle English, alteration of Old English *thrithing, *thriding Date: 12th century archaic riding III,1
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
trithing
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Trithing — Tri thing, n. [See Ist {Riding}.] One of three ancient divisions of a county in England; now called {riding}. [Written also {riding}.] Blackstone. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
trithing — /tray5in/ In Saxon law, one of the territorial divisions of England, being the third part of a county, and comprising three or more hundreds. Within the trithing there was a court held (called trithing mote ) which resembled the court leet, but… … Black's law dictionary
trithing — Old terminology for a division of a county or shire. Where a county or shire was divided into three intermediate jurisdictions, they were called trithings and were anciently governed by a trithing reeve. Having survived in the county of York,… … Ballentine's law dictionary
trithing-mote — /tray5inmowt/ The court held for a trithing or riding … Black's law dictionary
trithing-reeve — /trayairj riyv/ The officer who superintended a trithing or riding … Black's law dictionary
trithing-reeve — See trithing … Ballentine's law dictionary
trithing — /truy dhing/, n. riding2. [1250 1300; ME, var. of thrithing < Scand; see RIDING2] * * * … Universalium
trithing — tri·thing … English syllables
trithing — ˈtrīthiŋ noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English thrithing more at riding archaic : riding … Useful english dictionary
riding — Trithing Tri thing, n. [See Ist {Riding}.] One of three ancient divisions of a county in England; now called {riding}. [Written also {riding}.] Blackstone. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
