Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A duty paid by tenants of some manors to the lord for liberty to brew and sell ale.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (O. Eng. Law) A toll or tribute of a sextary of ale, paid to the lords of some manors by their tenants, for liberty to brew and sell ale.
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- noun law, UK, obsolete A
toll ortribute of asextary ofale , paid to thelords of somemanors by theirtenants in exchange for permission tobrew and sell ale.
Etymologies
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Latin tolsestrum. Compare toll a tax.
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sionnach commented on the word tolsester
duty of ale due to one's lord for the privilege of brewing.
February 11, 2008