corvee

Definition of Corvee in English :

1. corvee

unpaid labor (as for the maintenance of roads) required by a lord of his vassals in lieu of taxes

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Corvee

noun

day's unpaid labour owed by a feudal vassal to his lord

noun

1. European history

a day's unpaid labour owed by a feudal vassal to his lord

2.

the practice or an instance of forced labour

noun

1.

the enforced and unpaid labor of a peasant for his feudal lord

2.

forced labor exacted by a government, as for the construction of public works

n.

1. Labor exacted by a local authority for little or no pay or instead of taxes and used especially in the maintenance of roads.

2. A day of unpaid work required of a vassal by a feudal lord.