tolsester

English

Etymology

From Latin tolsestrum. Compare toll (“a tax”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoʊlsɛstə(ɹ)/

Noun

tolsester (uncountable)

1. (law, UK, obsolete) A toll or tribute of a sextary of ale, paid to the lords of some manors by their tenants in exchange for permission to brew and sell ale.
   • 1679, Thomas Blount, Fragmenta Antiquitatis: Ancient Tenures of land, and jocular customs of some manners:

     If any Alewife brewed Ale to sell, she was bound to satisfy the Lord for Tolsester.

References

• “tolsester”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• otterless