Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
check , 14.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A list of servants in a household; -- called also
chequer roll .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
list ofservants in ahousehold , orslaves on aplantation .
Etymologies
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check + roll
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Examples
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From this we learn that the Steward was expected to keep a "perfect checkroll" of his lordship's household and retainers in order that he might "with more certainty make the proportion of liveries and badges for them."
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