estover

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An allowance provided from an estate for a person's support; an allowance of wood for repairs, firewood and fencing. archaic,uncountable,usually
    — Your husband was seised of only one carucate of land, to which was appurtenant house-bote and hay-bote to be taken in that wood for burning at only one hearth in his chief messuage ; and if you by reason of your third part could in that wood take house-bote and hay-bote at your pleasure, there would be taken house-bote and hay-bote and fuel for two hearths, whereas they were previously appendant to only one hearth: wherefore, estovers for house-bote &c. you can not have; and we paray judgment.
  2. Estovers. uncountable,usually

词形变化

estovers plural

词汇关系

相关词
estoverium

词源

From Middle English estovers pl, from Old French estover (“obligation”).
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