barmote

English

Alternative forms

barghmote, berghmote, bergmote (obsolete)

Etymology

From earlier barghmote, berghmote. Compare barmaster.

Noun

barmote (plural barmotes)

A court held in Derbyshire, England, for deciding controversies between miners.
- 1732, Daniel Defoe, A Tour thro' the Whole Island of Great Britain:
  The Barmoot Court, kept at Wirksworth, to judge Controversies among the Miners, and adjust subterranean Quarrels and Disputes.

References

barmote in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

bromate

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