mainour

[ mey-ner ]

nounOld English Law.

a stolen article found on the person of or near the thief: to be taken with the mainour.

Origin of mainour

¹

1225–75; Middle English <Anglo-French mainoure (Old French manoeuvre hand labor); see maneuver, inure

Also manner.

Words Nearby mainour

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How to use mainour in a sentence

mainour, a thing stolen, discovered in the hands of the thief.
Anne of Geierstein, Volume I (of 2) | Sir Walter Scott
In the old editions this is spelt manour or mainour and means "in the act."
The Romance of Words (4th ed.) | Ernest Weekley

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