English Dictionary

estover

名詞

古語 不可算名詞 通常

(archaic, law, history) An allowance provided from an estate for a person's support; an allowance of wood for repairs, firewood and fencing. / (law, history) Estovers.

日本語の意味

（法・歴史的な用法）遺産から個人の生活費や支援のために提供される補助金、または修理、薪、囲いなどに用いる木材の供給権

After his father's death, he relied on the estover granted by the manor to pay for his basic needs.

父の死後、彼は遺産から支給された扶養手当を頼りに生活費をまかなっていた。

意味（1）

(archaic, law, history) An allowance provided from an estate for a person's support; an allowance of wood for repairs, firewood and fencing.

Your husband was seised of only one carucate of land, to which was appurtenant house-bote and hay-bote to be taken in that wood for burning at only one hearth in his chief messuage ; and if you by reason of your third part could in that wood take house-bote and hay-bote at your pleasure, there would be taken house-bote and hay-bote and fuel for two hearths, whereas they were previously appendant to only one hearth: wherefore, estovers for house-bote &c. you can not have; and we paray judgment.

意味（2）

(law, history) Estovers.

estovers （ plural ）