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Definition of Coshering
1. n. A feudal prerogative of the lord of the soil entitling him to lodging and food at his tenant's house.
Definition of Coshering
1. Verb. (present participle of cosher) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Coshering
1. cosher [v] - See also: cosher
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coshering
Literary usage of Coshering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Montgomery Manuscripts: (1603-1706) by William Montgomery, George Hill (1869)
"The term coshering is supposed to be derived from cios-ri, king's cess, which
was exacted when the chieftain could not make it convenient to billet himself ..."
2. On the Manners and Customs of the Ancient Irish by Eugene O'Curry (1873)
"His right on visitation'548' [coshering] is ten couples from the Kalends to ...
The Irish Cat, or coshering, corresponded to the Welsh Ki/lch, or progress. ..."
3. The Midland Septs and the Pale: An Account of the Early Septs and Later by Francis Ryan Montgomery Hitchcock (1908)
"Sir John Davis refers to this practise of coshering in the passage—" They chose
rather to ... extortion, or coshering than seek any better fortune abroad, ..."
4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1865)
"IlL, sister otis, for “ coshering “ from house to house ; and the jury found
that “ he was an :[ri.sh gentleman, and would not work,” and he was sentenced ..."
5. The Constitutional History of England from the Accession of Henry VII to the by Henry Hallam (1827)
"Cox, Richard, bishop of Ely, defends church ceremonies and habits , i. 232 ,
234 , 236 ; Elizabeth's violence to , 3o1 , 3o2. Coyne and livery, or coshering ..."
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