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noun
- pluralplural of estover
nounestovers pl (plural only)
- historicalpluralplural onlylawAn estover; an allowance made from an estate for a person's support.
- historicalpluralplural onlylawAn allowance or alimony granted to a divorced woman, taken from the husband's estate for her support.
- historicalpluralplural onlylawAn allowance of wood made to a tenant.
- historicalpluralplural onlylawThe freedom of a tenant to take necessary wood from the land occupied by that tenant.
It seemed to have been generally understood that the lord could not approve, where the commoners had a right of turbary, piscary, of digging sand, or of taking any species of estovers upon the common.
1770, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “estovers,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/estovers.
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