court of piepoudre
court of pie·pou·dre
variants or court of piepowder
-ˈpīˌpau̇də(r)
1
: an English summary court of record incident by the common law to every fair or market to administer justice for commercial injuries at that fair or market
2
: a U.S. small-debts court
Word History
Etymology
alteration of earlier court of pipowders, from Middle English court of pepowders, from court entry 1 + of + pepowders, pipoudres, plural of pipoudre itinerant trader, from Anglo-French piepoudrous, from Old French pied, pié foot (from Latin ped-, pes) + Anglo-French poudrous dusty, from Old French poudre dust + -ous, -eus -ous