noun
- plural of trithing; administrative divisions in Anglo-Saxon England, being subdivisions of a county or shire
Usage: historical; archaic
Examples
- The county was divided into three trithings for administrative purposes.
- Each of the trithings had its own local court system.
- The Yorkshire trithings were known as ridings.
- Medieval records show how the trithings were governed.
- The ancient system of trithings predated modern county divisions.