'Corvee' definitions:

Definition of 'corvee'

noun

Unpaid labor (as for the maintenance of roads) required by a lord of his vassals in lieu of taxes

From: GCIDE

Corvee \Cor`vee"\ (k?r`v" or -v?"), n. [F. corv['e]e, fr. LL. corvada, corrogata, fr. L. corrogare to entreat together; cor- + rogare to ask.] (Feudal Law) An obligation to perform certain services, as the repair of roads, for the lord or sovereign. [1913 Webster]