heriot
英 ['herɪət]
美['hɛrɪət]
- n. 租地继承税
英文词源
- heriot (n.)
- Old English here-geatwe (plural) "military equipment, army-gear," from here "army" (see harry). An Anglo-Saxon service of weapons, loaned by the lord to his retainer and repayable to him upon the retainer's death; transferred by 13c. to a feudal due upon the death of a tenant, payable to his lord in beasts.