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retroduva

retroduva [CL retro-+duva], bank thrown up on further side of ditch or moat. 1240 concesserunt ‥ fossatum cum retroduna duorum pedum et dimidii versus predictam terram. ‥ licebit ‥ in predicta retroduna trenchias et aperturas facere ‥ ut aque descendentes ‥ libere possint cadere in dictum fossatium. poterunt eciam super ipsam retrodunam carrucas suas vertere et illam amotis fructibus et temporibus warecti pascere Cart. Wardon f. 71d.; 1275 pro siccacione retium super fossatum et super retroduvam castri de Scardburgh' IMisc 33/30.

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