In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
FALDAGES
Noun
faldages
plural of faldage
Source: Wiktionary
FALDAGE
Fald"age, n. Etym: [LL. faldagium, fr. AS. fald, E. fold. Cf. Foldage.] (O. Eng. Law)
Definition: A privilege of setting up, and moving about, folds for sheep, in any fields within manors, in order to manure them; -- often reserved to himself by the lord of the manor. Spelman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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