A feudal serf or labourer who is attached to an estate and sold or transferred with it.
To hold (a person) to service as attached to the soil; said of feudal serfs.
written or printed immediately following another character and aligned with it
(used of persons) bound to a tract of land; hence their service is transferable from owner to owner
"an adscript serf"
Held to service as attached to the soil; said of feudal serfs.