heriot
Plural: heriots
Noun
- A feudal payment, often of goods or services, made to a lord.
- The return of military equipment.
- A payment made to a lord on the death of a tenant.
- A tribute.
Verb
- To pay the heriot on (a piece of real estate) after the death of the previous tenant (such as one's parent, uncle, aunt, or grandparent).
Examples
- The high-scoring word was a HERIOT paid to the Scrabble gods for a good rack.
Origin / Etymology
From Old English hereġeatwa (“military equipment, army gear”).
Per Etymonline: "An Anglo-Saxon service of weapons, loaned by the lord to his retainer and repayable to him upon the retainer's death; sense transferred by 13c. to a feudal due upon the death of a tenant, payable to his lord in beasts."
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 9
heriot: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordheriot: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
heriot: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 8
heriot: valid Words With Friends Word