| 释义 |
stentmaster Sc.|ˈstɛntˌmastər|
[f. stent n.1]
An official appointed to fix the amount of tax payable by the inhabitants of a town or parish.
1624Extracts Burgh Rec. Glasgow (1876) 342 The said..counsall haif electit Archibald Andersone [and sixteen others] stent maisteris for stenting of the inhabitants of this burgh. 1818Scott Rob Roy xxiii, It might weigh down one provost's,..six deacons', besides stent-masters. |