barmote

noun

barmote

noun

Etymology From earlier barghmote, berghmote. Compare barmaster.

1

A court held in Derbyshire, England, for deciding controversies between miners.

The Barmoot Court, kept at Wirksworth, to judge Controversies among the Miners, and adjust subterranean Quarrels and Disputes.1732, Daniel Defoe, A Tour thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain:

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