CORVEE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Unpaid labor (as for the maintenance of roads) required by a lord of his vassals in lieu of taxes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("corvee" is a kind of...):

labor; labour; toil (productive work (especially physical work done for wages))

Credits