For exemple, it refers to food or altarage necessary for annual events which were held in the house of local lord, or cultivation service (rice planting, weeding, reaping) in the fields directly managed by them.
例えば、在地領主の家において行われる年中行事に必要な食物や供物、彼らの直営田である佃における耕作作業（田植・草刈・稲刈）などがそれにあたる。