单词 | puture |
释义 | puturen. Law. Now historical and rare. The right of foresters to claim food, drink, and lodging (or the equivalent value in money) from the inhabitants of a forest for the maintenance of themselves, their attendants, and their animals; provisions claimed in this way, or the custom of providing them. Also: a similar right of other officials to claim food, accommodation, etc., on an official circuit. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > supply of food or provisions > [noun] > supplied to foresters puturea1500 a1500 in C. T. Clay Yorks. Deeds (1948) 113 William Slyngesby..was..possessed of the office of Master Forester..and also of vj d. duly to be taken of the free and bond tenaunts and inhabitaunts within the seide Forest in the name of puture. 1601 F. Tate tr. King Edward II's Househ. & Wardrobe Ordinances (1876) §57. 44 He shal take for each doges puture jd. ob. a day. 1777 J. Nicolson & R. Burn Hist. Westmorland & Cumberland II. 397 If any of the said lands shall be within the bounds of the forest, the king of England's foresters shall make no claim of puture there. 1881 W. Beamont Acc. Frodsham v. 31 Puture was the right to exact food and lodging for the lord's peace officers whenever they were making an official circuit through the district. 1937 Speculum 12 404 The frequent allusions to puture, that is the obligation of residents to provide food, lodging and other necessities for the visiting officers. 1984 D. Stephenson Governance of Gwynedd 53 Llywelyn ap Gruffudd took puture. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1500 |
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