thirlage

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noun

The right of the owner of a mill to compel tenants to bring all their grain to that mill for milling.

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Meanings

nounthirlage (countable and uncountable, plural thirlages)

plural thirlages · alternative thrillage · alternative thrallage · alternative thralage

  1. ScotlandcountablehistoricaluncountableThe right of the owner of a mill to compel tenants to bring all their grain to that mill for milling.

Origin

An alteration of earlier thrallage. By surface analysis, thrall + -age.

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APA

thirlage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thirlage

MLA

“thirlage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thirlage. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thirlage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thirlage.

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