corn laws, n.All

Corn Laws (n.) were ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a tax on bread explicitly imposed to ensure the idle landowners the continuance of a rental swollen during the Anti-Jacobin War.