A contribution toward the building or repairing of castles or walls for the defense of a city or town.
Origin
From Middle English burghbote ("the obligation to keep walls of towns or fortifications in repair; the tax levied for this purpose"), from Old English burgbōt, burhbōt, equivalent to burgh + bote.
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