Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
unpaid labor (as for the maintenance of roads) required by a lord of his vassals in lieu of taxes;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Corvee \Cor`vee"\ (k?r`v" or -v?"), n. [F. corv['e]e, fr. LL.
corvada, corrogata, fr. L. corrogare to entreat together;
cor- + rogare to ask.] (Feudal Law)
An obligation to perform certain services, as the repair of
roads, for the lord or sovereign.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
corvee
n 1: unpaid labor (as for the maintenance of roads) required by
a lord of his vassals in lieu of taxes