A historical term for a small farm or farming property; a diminutive form of ferme or fermery.
From Old French ferme (farm) plus the diminutive suffix -let (small), creating a term for a small-scale farming operation in medieval times.
Medieval documents show a strict hierarchy of agricultural properties—from large domains down to fermillets that might be worked by a single family, revealing how land was subdivided for different economic purposes.
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