tolsester
noun/ˈtoʊlsɛstə(ɹ)/
Etymology From Latin tolsestrum. Compare toll (“a tax”).
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Law UK, Obsolete A toll or tribute of a sextary of ale, paid to the lords of some manors by their tenants in exchange for permission to brew and sell ale.
- If any Alewife brewed Ale to sell, she was bound to satisfy the Lord for Tolsester.1679, Thomas Blount, Fragmenta Antiquitatis: Ancient Tenures of land, and jocular customs of some manners: