multure

From Old French molture (modern French mouture), from Medieval Latin molitura, from the past participle stem of molere ‘grind’. Compare mill.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʌlt͡ʃə/

multure (countable and uncountable, plural multures)

1. A grinding of grain, or the grain that is ground.
2. (Scotland, historical) A toll paid to a miller, mill-owner etc., generally in kind, for grinding corn or pulverizing ore.

From Old French molture (modern French mouture), from Medieval Latin molitura, from the past participle stem of molere ‘grind’. Compare mill.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʌlt͡ʃə/

multure (plural multures)

1. (historical, agriculture) multure