Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—R

Rape

(1 syl.). The division of a county. Sussex is divided into six rapes, each of which has its river, forest, and castle. Herepp is Norwegian for a parish district, and rape in Doomsday Book is used for a district under military jurisdiction. (Icelandic hreppr, a district.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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