haybote en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈheɪbəʊt/
Etymology
From Middle English haibote, haybote, heibote, heyboote, heybote; equivalent to hay (“hedge”) + bote; compare hedgebote.
Meanings
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(UK, historical, obsolete) An allowance of wood to a tenant for repairing hedges or fences.
haybote or hedgebote is wood for repairing of hays,
1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC: