swanimote
noun
swan·i·mote
ˈswänəˌmōt
variants or less commonly swainmote or swanmote
ˈswānˌm-
ˈswänˌm-
plural -s
: a court formerly held before foresters, verderers, and other forest officers to try offenses against vert and venison and to hear grievances against forest officers
Word History
Etymology
Middle English swanimot, from (assumed) Old English swāngemōt, from Old English swān herdsman, peasant + gemōt judicial assembly, gemot
- relative bearing
- relative clause
- relative error
- relative frequency
- relative fugacity
- relative humidity
- relative impediment
- relative inclinometer
- relative index of refraction
- relative location
- relative motion
- relative personal equation
- relative pitch
- relative pronoun
- relative rank
- relative refractive index
- relative term
- relative to
- relative velocity
- relative wind
- relative-in-law
- relatively
- relatively prime
- relatively speaking
- relativeness