Home › Words › F › faldagefaldagefaldage · noun — A privilege of setting up, and moving about, sheepfolds, in any fields within manors, in order to manure them or to keep others' cattle therein. This privilege was often reserved to himself by the lord of the manor.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom Latin faldagium, from Old English fald (whence English fold). Compare foldage.nounA privilege of setting up, and moving about, sheepfolds, in any fields within manors, in order to manure them or to keep others' cattle therein. This privilege was often reserved to himself by the lord of the manor.A fee paid for exemption from this.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).