haybote

noun

plural -s

1

: the wood or thorns allowed to a tenant or commoner in English law for repairing hedges or fences

called also hedgebote

2

: the right to take haybote

Word History

Etymology

Middle English haybote, heybote, from haie, heie hedge + bote profit, advantage, repair

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