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Meaning of multure | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ˈmʌlt͡ʃə/

Definitions

  1. A grinding of grain, or the grain that is ground.
    countable, uncountable
  2. A toll paid to a miller, mill-owner etc., generally in kind, for grinding corn or pulverizing ore.
    Scotland, countable, historical, uncountable

Examples

“MULTURE, n. [L. molitura.] 1. In Scottish law, the toll or emolument given to the proprietor of a mill for grinding corn. 2. A grist or grinding.”
“[…] quantity reserved for seed and stock. Sometimes an agreement was in operation known as dry multure, by which tenants conceded a part of their grain for the privilege of going to the market with the rest. A third species was known as the thirlage of invecta et illata, existing in most of the burghs of Scotland, by which corn, wherever grown, if brought for consumption within the […]”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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