Definitions for crown-land

crown-land crown land

Crown-Land is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 310 anagrams from letters in crown-land (-acdlnnorw).

Definitions for crown-land

noun

  1. land belonging to the crown, the revenue of which goes to the reigning sovereign.
  2. Also, crownland. one of the administrative divisions of the former empire of Austria-Hungary.

Origin of crown-land

First recorded in 1615-25

Examples for crown-land

True; but when the lot of crown land was put up for sale, it was sure to be purchased and shut up by somebody.

He received several munificent grants of crown land, and was created chief baron of the exchequer and a knight banneret.

Chief among them were the millions of acres of so-called "unalienated" or crown land in Southern Rhodesia.

Ga-lish´i-a, crown land of Austria, on the north side of the Carpathians.

You didn't think you were going to be let dig up a fortune on crown land for nothing, did you?'

He crossed the room, and a few minutes later, in the big cedar hall, came upon a man connected with the crown land agency.

Certificates of registry were granted only to men of substance and respectability who were lessees of crown land in the colony.

In various parts of the Colony blocks of crown land were taken and divided into allotments of from twenty to fifty acres.

I would restrain the landlords from any power or control in these crown land districts.

In addition to these crown land revenues other sums were voted as required.

Word Value for crown-land
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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