- suckener
- suck·en·er
English syllables. 2014.
suckener
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suckener — k(ə)nər noun ( s) Scots law : a tenant bound to grind his grain at the mill of a sucken * * * suckˈener noun A tenant under the sucken or thirlage system • • • Main Entry: ↑sucken … Useful english dictionary
Thirlage — was the term used for the law in regard of the milling of grain for personal or other uses. Vassals in a feudal barony were thirled to their local mill owned by the feudal superior. People so thirled were called suckeners and had no choice but to … Wikipedia
sucken — I. ˈsəkən noun ( s) Etymology: alteration of soken Scots law : the lands subject to the thirlage of a mill II. adjective Etymology: short for obsolete English bond sucken, from English … Useful english dictionary
