estovers

noun

1. (form-of, plural)plural of estover
2. (historical, plural, plural-only)An estover; an allowance made from an estate for a person's support.
3. (historical, plural, plural-only)An allowance or alimony granted to a divorced woman, taken from the husband's estate for her support.
4. (historical, plural, plural-only)An allowance of wood made to a tenant.
5. (historical, plural, plural-only)The freedom of a tenant to take necessary wood from the land occupied by that tenant.

   “It seemed to have been generally understood that the lord could not approve, where the commoners had a right of turbary, piscary, of digging sand, or of taking any species of estovers upon the common.”