haybote

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/ˈheɪbəʊt/

noun

An allowance of wood to a tenant for repairing hedges or fences.

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hedgebote
OriginMiddle English haibote →
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Meanings

noun
  1. UKhistoricalobsoletelawAn allowance of wood to a tenant for repairing hedges or fences.

    haybote or hedgebote is wood for repairing of hays,

    1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC

    Synonyms: hedgebote

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn allowance of wood to a tenant for repairing hedges or fences.

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hedgebote

Origin

  1. Middle Englishhaibote
  2. Englishhaybote

From Middle English haibote, haybote, heibote, heyboote, heybote; equivalent to hay (“hedge”) + bote; compare hedgebote.

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

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

Chicago

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

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