heriotable

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English

Etymology

From heriot +‎ -able.

Adjective

heriotable (not comparable)

  1. Subject to the payment of a heriot.
    • 1777, Joseph Nicolson, Richard Burn, The history and antiquities of the counties of Westmorland and Cumberland:
      The tenants are chiefly customary and heriotable.