Erf

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Inheritance; patrimony; specifically, stock; cattle.
  • noun. [D. erf.] In Cape Colony, some parts of the State of New York, and other regions originally settled by the Dutch, a small inherited house-and-garden lot in a village or settlement.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A garden plot, usually about half an acre.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Inheritance; patrimony.
  • noun. Stock; cattle.
  • noun. A small inherited house-and-garden lot in a village or settlement.