bookland
/ˈbʊklænd/noun
mass noun
- Brit. historical an area of common land granted by charter to a private owner before the Norman conquest〈英, 史〉（经君主特准）授予私人的公地。
词源
Old English, from bóc 'charter' + LAND. The term was applied eventually to all land that was not folcland, i.e. land subject to traditional communal obligations.