'Domesday' definitions:
Definition of 'Domesday'
From: GCIDE
- 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]