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Bordlands

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Lands kept by lords in Saxon times for the supply of their own board or table. (Anglo-Saxon, bord, a table.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Booth
Boozy
Bor (in Norfolk)
Borachio
Borak
Bord Halfpenny
Bordarii
Border (The)
Border Minstrel
Border States (The)
Bordlands
Bordlode
Bore (A)
Bore
Bore (in pugilistic language)
Boreal
Boreas
Borghese (Bor-ga-zy)
Borgia
Born
Born Days