wardmote

English

Etymology

From ward +‎ moot.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔːdməʊt/

Noun

wardmote (plural wardmotes)

(now historical) A meeting of the inhabitants of a ward.
- c. 1390, William Landland, Piers Plowman, Prologue:
  Somme seruen þe kyng · and his siluer tellen / In cheker and in chancerye · chalengen his dettes / Of wardes and wardmotes · weyues and streyues.
(historical) A court formerly held in each ward of London, England for trying defaults in matters relating to the watch, police, and the like.

Anagrams

damewort, meadwort, metaword, to meward, two-armed

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