burghbote

别名

burgbote burhbote

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A tax paid toward the building or repairing of castles or walls for the defense of a city or town.

    历史 废旧

词源

From Middle English burghbote (“the obligation to keep walls of towns or fortifications in repair; the tax levied for this purpose”), from Old English burgbōt, burhbōt (“liability for repair of the walls of a town or fortress”), equivalent to burgh + bote.

来源：wiktionary