barmote
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom earlier barghmote, berghmote. Compare barmaster.
Noun
editbarmote (plural barmotes)
- A court held in Derbyshire, England, for deciding controversies between miners.
- 1732, Daniel Defoe, A Tour thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain:
- The Barmoot Court, kept at Wirksworth, to judge Controversies among the Miners, and adjust subterranean Quarrels and Disputes.
References
edit- “barmote”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.