Search Result for "domesday book":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. record of a British census and land survey in 1085-1086 ordered by William the Conqueror;
[syn: Domesday Book, Doomsday Book]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Domesday \Domes"day`\, n. A day of judgment. See Doomsday. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Domesday Book, the ancient record of the survey of most of the lands of England, made by order of William the Conqueror, about 1086. It consists of two volumes, a large folio and a quarto, and gives the proprietors' tenures, arable land, woodland, etc. [Written also Doomsday Book.] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Domesday Book n 1: record of a British census and land survey in 1085-1086 ordered by William the Conqueror [syn: Domesday Book, Doomsday Book]