steelbow

steelbow
\\ˈstēlˌbō, -bau̇\ noun
Etymology: Middle English stelebow, from stele steel + bow farm stock; from the understanding that the amount must be rigidly preserved and returned — more at bower (farm tenant)
1. : the farming stock, implements, and other materials formerly supplied to a tenant farmer in Scotland by the landlord under a contract stipulating that these goods must be returned or compensated for at the expiration of the tenancy
2. : a type of contract formerly in use in Scotland under which a tenant farmer must at the expiration of his tenancy return to his landlord the farming goods supplied by the landlord or compensate him for them

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • Steelbow goods — Steel bow goods (st[=e]l bou g[oo^]dz ). (Scots Law) Those goods on a farm, such as corn, cattle, implements of husbandry, etc., which may not be carried off by a removing tenant, as being the property of the landlord. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • steelbow — steel·bow …   English syllables

  • strength silver — † strength silver Sc. Obs. App. a sum of money which the tenant of a ‘steelbow’ farm received from his landlord on entering, on the same conditions as the farming stock. [see steelbow2] …   Useful english dictionary

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