rabassa morta

Catalan

Etymology

Literally, “dead stump”.

Noun

rabassa morta f (uncountable)

1. (law) a contract for cultivation of wineyards, variously considered either a form of rental agreement or emphyteusis, which remained valid for as long as two-thirds of the grapevines planted there remained alive

Derived terms

• rabassa morta a pa i vi
• rabassaire

Further reading

• “rabassa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• rabassa morta on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ca