bookland ['buklænd]
n.
[英史](经君主特准)授予私人的公地
Bookland \Book"land`\, Bockland \Bock"land`\, n. [AS.
b[=o]cland; b[=o]c book + land land.] (O. Eng. Law)
Charter land held by deed under certain rents and free
services, which differed in nothing from free socage lands.
This species of tenure has given rise to the modern
freeholds.