burghbote

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noun

A tax paid toward the building or repairing of castles or walls for the defense of a city or town.

OriginMiddle English burghbote ← Old English burgbōt →
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Meanings

noun

alternative burgbote · alternative burhbote

  1. historicalobsoleteA tax paid toward the building or repairing of castles or walls for the defense of a city or town.

    Borghbote: Refere les murs de la cite.

    1325, Munimenta Gildhallae Londoniensis

Origin

  1. Old Englishburgbōt
  2. Middle Englishburghbote“the obligation to keep walls of towns or fortifications in repair; the tax levied for this purpose”
  3. Englishburghbote

From Middle English burghbote (“the obligation to keep walls of towns or fortifications in repair; the tax levied for this purpose”), from Old English burgbōt, burhbōt (“liability for repair of the walls of a town or fortress”), equivalent to burgh + bote.

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APA

burghbote. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burghbote

MLA

“burghbote.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burghbote. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “burghbote,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/burghbote.

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