francus

2 francus, ~a [OF franc < Frk. hramne; cf. AS hrama] , enclosure, pen for fattening animals. 1234 debet adaquare porcellos quando separantur dum sunt in ~o Cust. Glast. 95; 1318 in aucis pascendis in ~o, iiij bus’ ordei Ac. Man. Wint. (Chilbolton) ; qui eos [sc. porcos] nutrire voluerit, eos nutriant in ~o, extra vicos regios, in domibus suis MGL I 590 (cf. ib. 270); 1546 ~a cooperta ad oves matrices imponendas vel pinfald Surv. Pembr. (Dorset) 502.