| Estovers | n. pl. [ OF. estoveir, estovoir, necessary, necessity, need, prop. an infin. meaning to suit, be fit, be necessary. See Stover. ] (Law) Necessaries or supplies; an allowance to a person out of an estate or other thing for support; as of wood to a tenant for life, etc., of sustenance to a man confined for felony out of his estate, or alimony to a woman divorced out of her husband's estate. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
Common of estovers. See under Common, n. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Stover | n. [ OE. estoveir, estovoir, necessity, provisions, properly an inf., “to be necessary.” Cf. Estovers. ] Fodder for cattle, especially straw or coarse hay. [ 1913 Webster ] Where live nibbling sheep,
And flat meads thatched with stover them to keep. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] Thresh barley as yet but as need shall require,
Fresh threshed for stover thy cattle desire. Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ] |
