Also 6 arrend-, 7 arent-. [(ad. med.L. arrentātiōn-em), n. of action f. arrentāre: see ARRENT. Other forms of the med.L., after F. rendre, It. rendere, were arrendāre, -ātio.] The action, or privilege, of arrenting.
[1306. Ord. Forestæ, Act 34 Edw. I., v. Quod haye et fossata facta medio tempore prosternantur et penitus commoveantur et adnichilentur, saluis arentacionibus nostris quas secundum assisam foreste volumus remanere. Transl. in Pulton: That the hedges and diches … shall be wholly cast downe, remoued, and avoided: saving our Arrentations which we will have remaine according to the assise of the Forest.]
c. 1525. Skelton, Image Hypocr., II. 390. He robbeth all nations With his … Arrendations.
1738. Hist. Crt. Exchequer, v. 87. The Profit of the County was likewise increased by Arentations of Assarts.
