Meanings
nouncopyhold (countable and uncountable, plural copyholds)
plural copyholds
- countablehistoricaluncountablelawA former form of tenure in which the title deeds were a copy of the manorial roll.
[…]this quiz with all the strange old terms in it, curtilage and messuage and socage and fee simple and fee tail and feoffee and copyhold and customary freehold and mortmain and devises and lēx locī reī sitae.
1990, John Updike, Rabbit at Rest, page 311
Origin
Translations
Icelandic erfðafestuland
- erfðafestulandcustomary land tenure in a manorial estate
Japanese 謄本土地保有権
- 謄本土地保有権customary land tenure in a manorial estate
Polish dzierżawa dziedziczna
- dzierżawa dziedzicznacustomary land tenure in a manorial estate
Russian копиго́льд
- копиго́льд (kopigólʹd)customary land tenure in a manorial estate
Ukrainian копіго́льд
- копіго́льд (kopihólʹd)customary land tenure in a manorial estate
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with copyhold
oldgoldholdsoldcoldboldthresholdfoldrolledmoldbeholdmanifoldmouldupholdwithholduntolduncontrolledunfoldpolledauldpatrolledwoldbowledahold
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APA
copyhold. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/copyhold
MLA
“copyhold.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/copyhold. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “copyhold,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/copyhold.
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