feued
/fjud/
verb
- To grant or hold land under a feudal land tenure system, where the land is leased in exchange for a fixed annual payment (feu duty).
- The laird feued the estate to several tenant farmers in the 18th century.
- Under the old system, the church feued its lands to support the parish.
- They feued a small plot of land from the local baron to build their cottage.