Meaning of venville | Babel Free
ˈvɛn.vɪlDefinitions
A system of tenure in Dartmoor, England, allowing residents to graze animals on the moor and to gather coal, turf, etc. from the forest.
Examples
“[Dartmoor forest’s] boundaries being, in some parts, several miles from the cultivated country, the intervening tract being claimed as common land⟳ by the numerous parishes bordering it, which parishes are known as lying within Venville.”
“A custom of law particular to England's Dartmoor Forest, venville rights allowed for "certain rights of common"[.]”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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