noun.
A historical subdivision of some northern counties in England, corresponding roughly to the hundred in other shires.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
Formerly, in certain counties of northern, eastern, and midland England, a division or subdivision of a shire, generally corresponding to a hundred in other counties.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
In some northern counties of England, a division, or district, answering to the hundred in other counties. Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, and Nottinghamshire are divided into wapentakes, instead of hundreds.