scotal

scotal (skot-[schwa]l). Hist. An extortionary practice by which forest officers forced people to patronize the officers’ alehouses, often in exchange for the officers’ ignoring forest offenses. • This practice was prohibited in 1217 by the Charter of the Forest, ch.

7. — Also spelled scotale (skot-ayl).

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