Vassal is a term that was used in the Middle Ages to describe a class of people who were directly subservient to the king. The term came about after the Norman Conquests in 1066. For their service to the king and doing his deeds, vassals were given ownership of land. The land owned by a vassal was called a fief. The land was usually about 1,200 to 1,800 acres in size. The piece of land owned by vassals was called the vassal's demesne or domain. Each piece of land included a manor house, farming land, forestry, pasture or grazing land, a village, a church, and a mill.
The leek is a vegetable that belongs, along with onion and garlic, to the genus Allium, currently placed in family Amaryllidaceae, subfamily Allioideae.he edible portions of the leek are the white base of the leaves (above the roots and stem base), the light green parts, and to a lesser extent the dark green parts of the leaves. One of the most popular uses is for adding flavor to stock.
leek noun [C]. âº a âvegetable in the âonion âfamily with âlong, âstraight âleaves that are âwhite at the âbottom and âdark âgreen at the âtop. (Definition of leek from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary Â© Cambridge University Press).