In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
ECOUTE
e`coute", n. Etym: [F., a listening place.] (Mil.)
Definition: One of the small galleries run out in front of the glacis. They serve to annoy the enemy's miners.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RECREANT
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
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