puture

noun

pu·​ture

ˈpyüchə(r)

plural -s

English law

: the customary right of keepers of forests and some bailiffs of hundreds to take food for man, horse, and dog from land of various tenants within the forest or hundred

Word History

Etymology

Anglo-French, food, from Old French pouture, from pou, pouls porridge

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