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/kom"euh neuh beuhl/, adj.1. held jointly; for general use; public: commonable lands.2. allowed to be pastured on common land: commonable cattle.[1610-20; COMMON + -ABLE]
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Commonable — Com mon*a*ble, a. 1. Held in common. Forests . . . and other commonable places. Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. Allowed to pasture on public commons. [1913 Webster] Commonable beasts are either beasts of the plow, or such as manure the ground.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
commonable — [käm′ənə bəl] adj. [see COMMON, n. 1] 1. allowed to pasture on land owned by the village, town, etc. 2. held in common: said of land … English World dictionary
commonable — Entitled to common. @ commonable beasts Commonable beasts are either beasts of the plow, as horses and oxen, or such as manure the land, as kine and sheep. Beasts not commonable are swine, goats, and the like. 2 Bl. Comm. 33 @ … Black's law dictionary
commonable — Entitled to common. @ commonable beasts Commonable beasts are either beasts of the plow, as horses and oxen, or such as manure the land, as kine and sheep. Beasts not commonable are swine, goats, and the like. 2 Bl. Comm. 33 @ … Black's law dictionary
commonable — adjective a) Owned, managed or used in common b) That may be pastured on common land … Wiktionary
commonable — adj. public, jointly used (often referring to pasture land) … English contemporary dictionary
commonable — adjective Brit., chiefly historical (of land) allowed to be jointly used or owned. ↘(of an animal) allowed to be pastured on public land … English new terms dictionary
commonable — com·mon·able … English syllables
commonable — /ˈkɒmənəbəl/ (say komuhnuhbuhl) adjective 1. held in common, or subject to general use, as lands. 2. that may be pastured on common land …
commonable — adj. 1 (of an animal) that may be pastured on common land. 2 (of land) that may be held in common. Etymology: obs. common to exercise right of common + ABLE … Useful english dictionary
