lincus

1 lincus v. linca

2 lincus [ME link < AS hlinc] , ridge of land, unploughed strip or headland used as boundary. c1280 ad incrementum totam terram apud orientalem partem usque ad primum linchum cum toto lincho illo integro Cart. Carisb. f. 62r; 1285 Alicia at Wyk’ tenet iij acras terre et medietatem j linki jacentis inter curiam de Mailing’ et villam de Malling’ (Malling) Cust. Suss II 111; 1337 cum ‥ lynchis (v. clivus c).