estovers
/ɛˈstoʊvərz/
noun
- In law, the right of a tenant to take necessary wood from the landlord's land for fuel, repairs, or farming needs.
- Under common law, a tenant could claim estovers for mending fences and buildings.
- The landlord disputed the tenant's right to estovers for building a new barn.
- The lease granted the farmer estovers to collect firewood from the forest each winter.