multure
/ˈmʌlt͡ʃə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "MULTURE, n. [L. molitura.] 1. In Scottish law, the toll or emolument given to the proprietor of a mill for grinding corn. 2. A grist or grinding."
- "[…] quantity reserved for seed and stock. Sometimes an agreement was in operation known as dry multure, by which tenants conceded a part of their grain for the privilege of going to the market with the rest. A third species was known as the thirlage of invecta et illata, existing in most of the burghs of Scotland, by which corn, wherever grown, if brought for consumption within the […]"
Etymology
From Middle English multūr, from Old French molture (modern French mouture), from Medieval Latin molitura, from the past participle stem of molere ‘grind’. Compare mill.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: multur, molture, molitura