[vil]
欧洲封建时代的行政区域(相当于现代的镇)

Vill \Vill\, n. [OF. ville, vile, a village, F. ville a town,
city. See {Villa}.]
A small collection of houses; a village. ``Every manor, town,
or vill.'' --Sir M. Hale.

Not should e'er the crested fowl
From thorp or vill his matins sound for me.
--Wordsworth.

Note: A word of various significations in English, law; as, a
manor; a tithing; a town; a township; a parish; a part
of a parish; a village. The original meaning of vill,
in England, seems to have been derived from the Roman
sense of the term villa, a single country residence or
farm; a manor. Later, the term was applied only to a
collection of houses more than two, and hence came to
comprehend towns. Burrill. The statute of Exeter, 14
Edward I., mentions entire-vills, demivills, and
hamlets.