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venvilles

venvilles is the plural of venville.

Meaning of venville

Noun

venville (usually uncountable, plural venvilles)

  1. (historical, usually) A system of tenure in Dartmoor, England, allowing residents to graze animals on the moor and to gather coal, turf, etc. from the forest.
    • [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.1887, William Crossing, The Ancient Crosses of Dartmoor, Exeter: James G. Commin, page x

Questions about venvilles

What is venvilles the plural of?
Venvilles is the plural of venville.

Words near venvilles in the dictionary

  1. Venutians
  2. Venutis
  3. Venuto
  4. Venutos
  5. venville
  6. venvilles
  7. veny
  8. Venzor
  9. Venzors
  10. VEOS
  11. VEP

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