pipe roll
noun
history
an annual record of the accounts of a sheriff or other minister of the crown kept at the British Exchequer from the 12th to the 19th centuries
Also called: the Great Roll of the Exchequer
Word Origin for pipe roll
C17: from
pipe
1 and
roll; perhaps from documents being rolled into a pipe shape
Words nearby pipe roll
pipe jacking,
pipe major,
pipe of peace,
pipe organ,
pipe rack,
pipe roll,
pipe snake,
pipe up,
pipe vine,
pipe wrench,
pipe-clay
Example sentences from the Web for pipe roll
One would say the man was cut out for the Pipe-roll or the Record Office.'
Blood Royal |Grant AllenThe quotation from the Pipe-roll of John is founded on a mistake.
Notes and Queries 1850.04.06 |VariousMoreover, the Pipe-Roll of 1130 cannot be harmonized with their pedigree.