In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
underkept
simple past tense and past participle of underkeep
Source: Wiktionary
Un`der*keep", v. t.
Definition: To keep under, or in subjection; to suppress. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
16 May 2025
(adjective) marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.