Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A pecuniary fine anciently paid by a tenant, serf, or bondsman to his lord for the liberty of disposing of a daughter in marriage.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun In old English and in Scots law, a fine paid to the lord of the soil by a tenant upon the marriage of one the tenant's daughters.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
merchet .
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Examples
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The column marchet quick 20 or 30 paces to the right, and witliout halting begins to deploy
Rules and Regulations for the Formations, Field Exercise and Movements of His Majesty's Forces Great Britain Adjutant-General's Office, Sir William Fawcett 1794
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Julian marchet againft the Franks, 17 a, Over - coflses the Salii and the Chamavi, ib.
An universal history, from the earliest accounts to the present time 1781
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