pipe roll

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Etymology

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Named from the cylindrical shape of the rolled-up parchments on which the records were originally written.

Noun

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pipe roll (plural pipe rolls)

  1. (historical) Any of a collection of financial records maintained by the English Exchequer and its successors, the earliest dating from the 12th century.
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