burghbote

== English == === Alternative forms === burgbote burhbote === Etymology === 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. === Noun === burghbote (obsolete or historical) A tax paid toward the building or repairing of castles or walls for the defense of a city or town. ==== References ==== “burghbote”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.