Meaning of estovers | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An estover; an allowance made from an estate for a person's support.
   historical, plural, plural-only
2. An allowance or alimony granted to a divorced woman, taken from the husband's estate for her support.
   historical, plural, plural-only
3. An allowance of wood made to a tenant.
   historical, plural, plural-only
4. The freedom of a tenant to take necessary wood from the land occupied by that tenant.
   historical, plural, plural-only

Examples

“It seemed to have been generally understood that the lord could not approve, where the commoners had a right of turbary, piscary, of digging sand, or of taking any species of estovers upon the common.”

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