notchel

イギリス英語方言廃用不可算名詞

(obsolete, UK, dialect, Lancashire) The repudiation of a wife by her husband, who thereby refuses to pay her debts.

日本語の意味

妻を棄却する行為。具体的には、夫が妻との結婚関係を解消し、その結果、妻に対する債務（負債）の支払いを拒否すること。

When news of his notchel spread through the village, many shopkeepers stopped extending credit to his estranged wife.

彼が妻を拒絶し、妻の借金の支払いを拒んだという噂が村中に広まると、多くの店主たちは別居中の妻に掛け売りをしなくなった。

意味（1）

(obsolete, UK, dialect, Lancashire) The repudiation of a wife by her husband, who thereby refuses to pay her debts.

to cry notchel; the practice of notchel crying