In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
VAUT
Noun
vaut (plural vauts)
(obsolete) A vault; a leap.
Verb
vaut (third-person singular simple present vauts, present participle vauting, simple past and past participle vauted)
(obsolete) To vault; to leap.
Anagrams
• Tuva, vatu
Source: Wiktionary
Vaut, v. i.
Definition: To vault; to leap. [Obs.] Spenser.
Vaut, n.
Definition: A vault; a leap. [Obs.] Spenser.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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