Obs. Feudal Syst. [Explained in the 13th c. as f. OE. bord a table + LAND: but prob. really land held by a BORDAR in bordage tenure.)
c. 1250. Bracton, iv. 19 (ed. Twiss). Est autem dominicum quod quis habet ad mensam suam et proprie, sicut sunt Bordlandes Anglice.
1610. Folkingham, Art of Survey, III. v. 73. These Demesnes were called of the Saxons … Inlandt (and by Bracton … Bord-lands).
1664. Spelman, Gloss., Bordlands terrae dominicales. [So in Blount; and in later Dicts.]
