Domesday Book

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Domesday Book
    n 1: record of a British census and land survey in 1085-1086
         ordered by William the Conqueror [syn: {Domesday Book},
         {Doomsday Book}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]