Middle English Dictionary Entry
corvẹ̄ n.
Entry Info
| Forms | corvẹ̄ n. |
| Etymology | OF corovée |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
An exaction of unpaid labor from a vassal, a corvée.
Associated quotations
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)38/27 : Kueade lordes..þet be-ulaȝeþ þe poure men þet hi ssolden loki be tayles, be tornees [read: coruees; F coruees; cp.Vices & V.(2): gabels], be lones, be kueade wones.