In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
EMBOWER
embower, bower
(verb) enclose in a bower
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
embower (third-person singular simple present embowers, present participle embowering, simple past and past participle embowered)
(transitive, poetic) To enclose something or someone as if in a bower; shelter with foliage.
(intransitive) To lodge or rest in or as in a bower.
(intransitive) To form a bower.
Source: Wiktionary
Em*bow"er, v. t.
Definition: To cover with a bower; to shelter with trees. [Written also imbower.] [Poetic] Milton.
– v. i.
Definition: To lodge or rest in a bower. [Poetic] "In their wide boughs embow'ring. " Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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