estovers

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estovers

noun

plural plural of estover

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historical, plural, plural only An estover; an allowance made from an estate for a person's support.
historical, plural, plural only An allowance or alimony granted to a divorced woman, taken from the husband's estate for her support.
historical, plural, plural only An allowance of wood made to a tenant.
historical, plural, plural only The freedom of a tenant to take necessary wood from the land occupied by that tenant. It seemed to have been generally understood that the lord could not approve, where the commoners had a right of turbary, piscary, of digging sand, or of taking any species of estovers upon the common.

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@misc{estovers_2026,
  title = {estovers},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/estovers},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}