Found 2 items, similar to Domesday Book.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Domesday Book Domesday Book n : record of a British land survey ordered by William the Conqueror
English → English (gcide) Definition: Domesday Book Domesday \Domes"day`\, n. A day of judgment. See Doomsday. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Domesday Book, the ancient record of the survey of most of the lands of England, made by order of William the Conqueror, about 1086. It consists of two volumes, a large folio and a quarto, and gives the proprietors' tenures, arable land, woodland, etc. [Written also Doomsday Book .] [1913 Webster]