corvee

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Most of the roads in the Celebes were originally built by means of the Corvée, or forced labor, the natives being compelled to spend one month out of the twelve in road construction.

From Where the Strange Trails Go Down Sulu, Borneo, Celebes, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Cambodia, Annam, Cochin-China by Powell, E. Alexander (Edward Alexander)

The introduction of the Corvée, in the sense in which we have to speak of it, dates no further back than the beginning of the eighteenth century.

From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Turgot by Morley, John

"Sakhrah," the old French Corvée, and the "Begár" of India.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 11 [Supplement] by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Corvée, obligation as at one time enforced in France to render certain services to Seigneurs, such as repairing of roads, abolished by the Contituent Assembly.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

A typical day was divided by planton-cries as follows: "Café," "Corvée d'eau," "Nettoyage de Chambre," "Monter les Hommes," "A la soupe les hommes."

From The Enormous Room by Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin)