knight-service
11knight — n. & v. n. 1 a man awarded a non hereditary title (Sir) by a sovereign in recognition of merit or service. 2 hist. a a man, usu. noble, raised esp. by a sovereign to honourable military rank after service as a page and squire. b a military… …
12knight — knightless, adj. /nuyt/, n. 1. a mounted soldier serving under a feudal superior in the Middle Ages. 2. (in Europe in the Middle Ages) a man, usually of noble birth, who after an apprenticeship as page and squire was raised to honorable military… …
13Knight — /nuyt/, n. 1. Eric, 1897 1943, U.S. novelist, born in England. 2. Frank Hyneman /huy neuh meuhn/, 1885 1972, U.S. economist. * * * I French chevalier German Ritter In the European Middle Ages, a formally professed cavalryman, generally a vassal… …
14Knight's Fee — In theory, a Fief which provided sufficient revenue to equip and support one knight. This was approximately twelve hides or 1500 acres, although the terms applied more to revenue a fief could generate than its size; it required about thirty marks …
15knight's service — noun land tenure by service to the lord as a knight • Hypernyms: ↑service * * * noun see knight service …
16knight's fee — noun Etymology: Middle English knightes fee : the amount of land the holding of which imposed the obligation of knight service, being sometimes a hide or less and sometimes six or more hides …
17Knight's fee — was a feudal term used in mediæval England and Anglo Norman Ireland to describe the value of land. It is also sometimes called scutage.Feudalism was a system under which the land was exchanged for military service, thus everything was based on… …
18knight´like´ — knight «nyt», noun, verb. –n. 1. in the Middle Ages: a) a man raised to an honorable military rank and pledged to do good deeds. After serving as a page and squire, a man was made a knight by the king or a lord. b) a military servant of a lord,… …
19Knight Foundry — oder auch Knight s Foundry and Shops war eine Gießerei für Gussteile sowie ein Metallbearbeitungsbetrieb in der Eureka Street von Sutter Creek, Kalifornien. Die Anlage wurde 1873 gebaut, um schwere Ausrüstungsteile für die Goldminen und… …
20Knight’s Foundry and Shops — Knight Foundry Knight’s Foundry and Shops oder auch Knight Foundry war eine Gießerei für Gussteile sowie ein Metallbearbeitungsbetrieb in der Eureka Street von Sutter Creek, Kalifornien. Die Anlage wurde 1873 gebaut, um schwere Ausrüstungsteile… …
