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From Middle English burghbote (“the obligation to keep walls of towns または fortifications in repair; the tax levied for this purpose”), from 古期英語 burgbōt, burhbōt (“liability for repair of the walls of a town または fortress”), equivalent to burgh + bote.
burghbote
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for burghbote in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)