husbandland
The landholding of a husbandman, that is, a manorial tenant.
historical
The complexity of a man’s relationship to lord and neighbour is well illustrated by a grant of land at Dilston in Northumberland to Geoffrey de Cokeside 1339. He received a husbandland (probably of 25 acres) to hold at will for 30s. yearly, a more or less economic rent.
A unit of land corresponding to a single farmstead; around 26 acres.
historical
‘Coldlands’ of c 1715 can be traced as the ‘Cald Lands’, a six-husbandland unit in 1596 (Milne Home, no 371). These 6 husbandlands (156 acres in theory) are very nearly identical with the 157 measured acres of the survey.
Where it comes from
From Middle English husbondeland, equivalent to husband + land.
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry husbandland (CC BY-SA 4.0).