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pedefossus

pedefossus [CL pes+fossa] , (?) foot-ditched, surrounded by a ditch at the boundary, or dug by foot (as dist. from ploughed). 1292 de ortis seu curtilagiis aut aliis terris et locis plantatis seu pede fossis Thorne 2101; in curtilagiis pede fossis tantum quibus mansiones existunt crescentibus Ib. 2101; c1310 habent ‥ omnes oblaciones, decimas ‥ et omnes alias minutas decimas ‥ in ortis clausis crescencium et ~is ac pratis ad ecclesiam ‥ predictam spectantibus Reg. Cant. II 1129.

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