Home › Words › C › cantrefcantrefcantref means A mediaeval land division in Wales.EtymologyFrom Middle Welsh cantref, from cant (“hundred”) + tref (“village, settlement”), the notional basis of the division.nounA mediaeval land division in Wales.e.g.“The foresitter of a cantref, namely the footholder, gives a vat of bragget to the king each year.” — 2011, Sara Elin Roberts, transl., “Text and Translation”, in Llawysgrif Pomffred: An Edition and Study of Peniarth MS 259B (Medieval Law and Its Practice; 10), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 121:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.commote 62% match — A secular division of land in mediaeval Wales. vs cantref →rhandir 56% match — A subdivision of the medieval tref comprising 312 erws. vs cantref →county 56% match — The land ruled by a count or a countess. vs cantref →commorth 54% match — In medieval Wales, a gift or grant, especially a tribute of cattle. vs cantref →commotal 54% match — Of or pertaining to a commote (a secular division of land in medieval Wales). vs cantref →maenor 53% match — A Welsh manor or feudal estate, a subdivision of a commote vs cantref →maenawl 53% match — A group of four trefs or hamlets in pre-Saxon Britain. vs cantref →trefgordd 53% match — A communal settlement in mediaeval Wales including a communal cattle pasture and smithy. vs cantref →