† wainboten.
Law. Obsolete.
The allowance of timber which a tenant had the right to cut for the repair of his wains.
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housebotelOE
haybote?1170
wainbotec1250
wood-lode1263
ploughbote1398
common of estovers1523
boot1553
hedgebote1565
wood-hag1569
cart-bote1594
affuage1753
c1250 in C. J. Elton Rentalia et. Custumaria (1891) (Somerset Rec. Soc.) 83 Debet habere wenbote, scilicet, unum quodque plaustrum, unum lignum.
1772 in Sussex Archaeol. Coll. (1853) 6 61 (Customs of Manor of Batell) Plough-boot and wesne-boot.
1828–32 in N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.
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