housebote

noun

house·​bote ˈhau̇s-ˌbōt 

plural -s

: wood allowed to a tenant for repairing a house compare estovers

Word History

Etymology

partial translation of (assumed) Middle English housbote (whence Medieval Latin husbota & Anglo-French ousbote), from Middle English hous house + bote repair, deliverance

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

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