Demesne

(n.) A lord's chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor's own use.

科林整理

• A small green court was the whole of its demesne in front; and a neat wicket gate admitted them into it. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• As for you, Chettam, you are spending a fortune on those oak fences round your demesne. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• One was to erect a new order of jurisdiction, by establishing magistrates and a town-council in every considerable town of his demesnes. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.

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