Law. [ad. law-L. faldāgi-um, f. OE. fald, FOLD sb.1 In 16th c. anglicized as FOLDAGE.] An old privilege by which a lord of the manor could set up folds in any fields within the manor, in which his tenants were obliged to put their sheep, the object being to manure the land.
1692–1732. Coles, Faldage, the Lords liberty of folding his tenants’ sheep.
1708. Termes de la Ley, 330. This Faldage in some places is termed Fold-course or Free-fold.
1865. Nichols, Britton, II. 373. The damage done to a lord by erecting a fold for sheep in derogation of his right of faldage, i. e. to have the tenant’s sheep to manure his land.
