trething
English
editEtymology
editFrom Welsh treth (“an allowance, contribution, tribute, or tax”), trethu (“to rate or tax”).
Noun
edittrething (plural trethings)
- (obsolete) A tax; an impost.
- 1732, Paul de Rapin-Thoyras, The History of England:
- All counties, hundreds, wapentakes and trethings , shall stand at the old ferm, without any encrease, except in our Demesne Lands
References
edit- “trething”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.