wapentake

English - Turkish

Definition of wapentake in English Turkish dictionary

(isim) kontluk bölgesinin bir bölümü

{i} kontluk bölgesinin bir bölümü

eskiden bazı yerlerde kontluk bölgesinin bir bölüm

English - English

Definition of wapentake in English English dictionary

an administrative subdivision in northern English counties, developed under Norse influence, and corresponding to hundreds in the rest of England

{n} division of a country, a hundred

In some northern counties of England, a division, or district, answering to the hundred in other counties

Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and Nottinghamshire are divided into wapentakes, instead of hundreds

Hyphenation

wap·en·take

Etymology

() Old English wǣpenġetæc from Old Norse vápnatak, from vápn (“weapon”) + taka (“take”).