toqus
Dictionary
English
한국어
Register
Login
🔍
rape
noun
in
medieval
Sussex
,
England
,
a
large
district
used
for
local
administration
•
Medieval
Sussex
was
divided
into
six
regions
called
rapes
.
Medieval
Sussex
was
divided
into
six
regions
called
rapes
.
•
Each
rape
had
its
own
sheriff
responsible
for
local
justice
.
Each
rape
had
its
own
sheriff
responsible
for
local
justice
.
From
Old
English
‘
rap
’,
possibly
meaning
a
strip
or
division
of
land
.
