ragman roll
noun
Usually ragman rolls.
a series of documents in which the Scottish nobles acknowledged their allegiance to Edward I of England, 1291–92 and 1296.
Obsolete.
a long list or record; register; catalogue.
Origin of ragman roll
1350–1400; Middle English
rageman rolle, of uncertain origin
Words nearby ragman roll
raggle-taggle,
ragi,
raglan,
raglan sleeve,
ragman,
ragman roll,
ragman rolls,
ragnar lodbrok,
ragnarok,
ragnarök,
ragout
British Dictionary definitions for ragman rolls
Ragman rolls
/ (ˈræɡmən) /
pl n
history
a set of parchment rolls of 1296 enumerating the Scottish nobles who owed allegiance to Edward I of England, important as the only full list of the nobility of Scotland in the later 13th century
Word Origin for Ragman rolls
C18: from obsolete
ragman in the sense: statute, roll, list