tolsester

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English

Etymology

From Latin tolsestrum. Compare toll (a tax).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtoʊlsɛstə(ɹ)/

Noun

tolsester (uncountable)

  1. (law, UK, obsolete) A toll or tribute of a sextary of ale, paid to the lords of some manors by their tenants in exchange for permission to brew and sell ale.
    • 1679, Thomas Blount, Fragmenta Antiquitatis: Ancient Tenures of land, and jocular customs of some manners:
      If any Alewife brewed Ale to sell, she was bound to satisfy the Lord for Tolsester.

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