Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bookland \Book"land`\, Bockland \Bock"land`\, n. [AS. b?cland;
   b?c book + land land.] (O. Eng. Law)
   Charter land held by deed under certain rents and free
   services, which differed in nothing from free socage lands.
   This species of tenure has given rise to the modern
   freeholds.

Bockland \Bock"land\, n.
   See {Bookland}.