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estrepements

estrepements is the plural of estrepement.

Meaning of estrepement

Noun

estrepement (countable and uncountable, plural estrepements)

  1. A destructive kind of waste committed by a tenant for life, in lands, woods, or houses.
    • And the writ of estrepement lay at the common law‥to stop any waste which the vanquished party might be tempted to commit.176, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, book, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC

Questions about estrepements

What is estrepements the plural of?
Estrepements is the plural of estrepement.

Words near estrepements in the dictionary

  1. Estremoz
  2. estrene
  3. estrepe
  4. estreped
  5. estrepement
  6. estrepements
  7. estrepes
  8. estreping
  9. estres
  10. estriate
  11. estrich

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