corvee

Other forms: corvees

Definitions of corvee
  1. noun
    unpaid labor (as for the maintenance of roads) required by a lord of his vassals in lieu of taxes
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    type of:
    labor, labour, toil
    productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
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