Definitions For Emblement

Noun

EMBLEMENT (plural EMBLEMENTs) (legal) An annual crop produced by cultivation, treated as personal property.

Etymology

1485, from {{der, en, fro, emblayement}}, emblaiment, , harvest, crop, from emblaer, emblaier, emblader, , to sow with grain, tr={{m+, fr, emblaver}}, from {{der, en, ML., imblādāre, , to sow with grain}}, from im- + blādum, , grain, tr={{m+, fr, blé}}, from {{der, en, frk, blād, , produce}}, from {{der, en, gem-pro, *blēdaz}}, *blēdō, , flower, leaf, from {{der, en, ine-pro, *bhlēdh-}}, *bhlō(w)-, *bhol-, , to flower; leaf. Cognate with {{cog, goh, blāt, , flower, blossom, prosperity}}, {{cog, dum, blaad, , leaf}}, {{cog, ang, blǣd, , shoot, flower, fruit, harvest, wealth}}. More at bloom.