wapentake
Kelime Anlamı :

1. kontluk bölgesinin bir bölümü.
2. eskiden bazı yerlerde kontluk bölgesinin bir bölüm.
3. (isim) kontluk bölgesinin bir bölümü.
Tanımlar :
1. A historical subdivision of some northern counties in england, corresponding roughly to the hundred in other shires.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. an administrative subdivision in northern english counties, developed under norse influence, and corresponding to hundreds in the rest of england.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. in some northern counties of england, a division, or district, answering to the hundred in other counties. yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and Nottinghamshire are divided into wapentakes, instead of hundreds.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. formerly, in certain counties of northern, eastern, and midland england, a division or subdivision of a shire, generally corresponding to a hundred in other counties.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia