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pipe rolls

pipe rolls is the plural of pipe roll.

Meaning of pipe roll

Noun

pipe roll (plural pipe rolls)

  1. (historical) Any of a collection of financial records maintained by the English Exchequer and its successors, the earliest dating from the 12th century.
    • [Of Henry I, who reigned 1100–1135:] The king's overhaul of governmental administration also resulted in the establishment of the exchequer to control royal finances. This produced a kingdom-wide financial survey each year in the form of the pipe roll. Instituted in 1130, these accounts would...2021, Tracy Borman, Crown and Sceptre: A New History of the British Monarchy, from William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II, Grove Atlantic, →ISBN, pages 27-28

Questions about pipe rolls

What is pipe rolls the plural of?
Pipe rolls is the plural of pipe roll.

Words near pipe rolls in the dictionary

  1. pipe organist
  2. pipe organists
  3. pipe organs
  4. pipe rack
  5. pipe roll
  6. pipe rolls
  7. pipe snake
  8. pipe snakes
  9. pipe spool
  10. pipe spools
  11. pipe the eye

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