domesday : Idioms & Phrases


Domesday Book

  • noun record of a British census and land survey in 1085-1086 ordered by William the Conqueror
    Doomsday Book.
WordNet
  • the ancient record of the survey of most of the lands of England, made by order of William the Conqueror, about 1086. It consists of two volumes, a large folio and a quarto, and gives the proprietors' tenures, arable land, woodland, etc. Written also Doomsday Book.
Webster 1913