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underfouds

underfouds is the plural of underfoud.

Meaning of underfoud

Noun

underfoud (plural underfouds)

  1. (Orkney, Shetland, UK) A lower-ranking foud; a subbailiff.
    • From the twelfth century Shetland had been administered directly by the Norwegian crown through the 'foud', rather than forming part of the patrimony of a great aristocratic estate. The foud appointed 'underfouds' and the Shetlands evolved their own elected officers, a 'lawman' and parish...1983, Paul Thompson, Tony Wailey, Trevor Lummis, History Workshop Series, Living the Fishing, Routledge & Kegan Paul

Questions about underfouds

What is underfouds the plural of?
Underfouds is the plural of underfoud.

Words near underfouds in the dictionary

  1. underfortified
  2. underfortifies
  3. underfortify
  4. underfortifying
  5. underfoud
  6. underfouds
  7. underframe
  8. underframed
  9. underframes
  10. underframework
  11. underframing

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