legplaats, noun
- Plurals:
- legplaatse/ˈlɛxplɑːtsə/.
- Origin:
- DutchShow more Dutch, leg lying, laying + plaats place.
obs. except in historical contexts
An outstation used for winter grazing; legplek.
1812 A. Plumptre tr. of H. Lichtenstein’s Trav. in Sn Afr. (1928) I. 99Every colonist of the Roggeveld has..besides his proper habitation, a place in the Karroo, which is called a legplaats, and for which no duty, as for a regular farm, is paid to the government.
1988 Smuts & Alberts Forgotten Highway through Ceres & Bokkeveld 11Farmers from the Warme Bokkeveld (Ceres Basin).., between 1750 and 1800, were establishing ‘legplaatse’ and even permanent farms over the Koedoesberg along the foot of the Roggeveld Range.
An outstation used for winter grazing; legplek.
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