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† ˈputure, ˈpulture Obs.
[a. AF. puture = ONF. pulture (Ph. de Thaun Best. 294), OF. peuture, poture, pouture (Godef.), food, nourishment, mod.F. dial. pouture, peuture food for horses, cattle, or pigs:—late L. type pultūra, in med.L. also putūra (Du Cange), supposed to be an irreg. deriv. of puls, pultem pap, porridge.]
Food for man or beast; esp. in Forest Law, that meat and drink for themselves and their attendants, and food for their horses, hawks, and hounds, claimed by the foresters from every one within the bounds of the forest, and sometimes by other officers on an official circuit; also ellipt. the custom of giving or the right of demanding such entertainment.
In the ME. period common in the L. form putura, in Latin records; rare as an English word.
[c1280Placita Coronæ (1818) 219 Bene cogn[oscitur] quod forestarii sui capiunt puturam de omnibus et singulis tenentibus terras..infra metas chacearum suarum. 1343Placita apud Preston 17 Edw. III (Blount), Johannes de Radecliffe..clamat unam Puturam in Prioratu de Penwortham..pro se et Ministris, equis, et garcionibus suis, per unum diem et duas noctes, de tribus septimanis in tres septimanas, viz. de victualibus, ut in esculentis, et poculentis. 1390–91Earl Derby's Exp. (Camden) 64 Pro putura pulletrie. Ibid. 96 Pro xxx multonibus..et pro putura eorundem. ]1601F. Tate Househ. Ord. Edw. II, §57 (1876) 44 He shal take for each doges puture jd. ob. a day. Ibid. §59. 45 He shal have for each doges puture ob. a daye. [a1634Coke Inst. iv. lxxiii. Courts Forest (1797) 308 And after they claimed the same for all victuals for themselves, their servants, horses, and dogs, which was called putura. 1670Blount Law Dict., Putura.] 1881W. Beamont Acc. Frodsham v. 31 Puture was the right to exact food and lodging for the lord's peace officers whenever they were making an official circuit through the district. |