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estover

estover noun: an allowance provided from an estate for a person's support; an allowance of wood for repairs, firewood and fencing.

Noun

estover (usually uncountable, plural estovers)

  1. (archaic, usually) An allowance provided from an estate for a person's support; an allowance of wood for repairs, firewood and fencing.
    • 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...1873, Alfred John Horwood, Year Books of the Reign of King Edward the First: XXI-XXII
  2. (usually) Estovers.

Forms of estover

pluralestovers

Origin of estover

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

Questions about estover

What does estover mean?
Estover means an allowance provided from an estate for a person's support; an allowance of wood for repairs, firewood and fencing.
What part of speech is estover?
Estover is a noun.
What is the plural of estover?
The plural of estover is estovers.

Words near estover in the dictionary

  1. estoques
  2. Estoril
  3. Estotiland
  4. estouffade
  5. estouffades
  6. estover
  7. estovers
  8. eSTOVL
  9. eSTOVLs
  10. ESTP
  11. ESTPs

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