Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An officer of the forest in England, who had the nocturnal care of vert and venison.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (O. Eng. Forest Law), obsolete An officer of the forest who had the care of vert and venison by night.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete, UK, law An
officer of theforest who had the care ofvert andvenison by night.
Etymologies
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Probably akin to tine to shut or inclose.
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