mainour
/ˈmeɪnə/ /ˈmanə/(also manner) Now historical
noun
Law. A stolen object found in the possession of a thief when arrested. Chiefly in taken (also found) with the mainour.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Domesday Ipswich. From Anglo-Norman meinoure, meinovre, main overe handiwork, theft, stolen goods from post-classical Latin manopera.
- companionage
- companion animal
- companionate
- companion cavalry
- companion cell
- companion crop
- companion cropping
- companioness
- companionhood
- companion-in-arms
- companionize
- companion ladder
- companionless
- companionly
- Companion of Honour
- Companion of Literature
- companion plant
- companion-plant
- companion planting
- companion set
- companionship
- companion stairs
- companionway
- company
- company car