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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A feudal tax levied on horned cattle. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   An ancient tenure of land, which obliged the tenant to give notice of an invasion by blowing a horn. countable, historical, uncountable

Etymology

From Latin cornū (“horn”).

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