a town of Berry in France, seated on the river Creuse, by which it is divided into two parts. The land about it is barren, and full of trees, heath, and lakes. E. Long. 1° 13'. N. Lat. 46° 38'.

BLANCH-HOLDING, in law, a tenure, by which the vassal is only bound to pay an escutcheon yearly due to his lord, his superior merely as an acknowledgment of his right.*