tocher

American  

[tokh-er] / ˈtɒx ər /

noun

1. a dowry; marriage settlement given to the groom by the bride or her family.

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verb (used with object)

1. to provide with a dowry.

tocher British  

/ ˈtɒxər /

noun

1. a dowry

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verb

1. (tr) to give a dowry to

Etymology

Origin of tocher

1490–1500; < Scots Gaelic tochradh; compare MIr tochra payment made to the bride or bride's father by the groom

Example Sentences

It was na for naething ye left poor young Peggie; It was for my tocher ye cam' to court me.

From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles

A million of curses on Mollie Charane—    Lone, lone you have left me here— The first who gave tocher to daughter in Man.

From Mollie Charane and Other Ballads by Borrow, George Henry

"A clerk, a clerk," the king replied, "To seal her tocher wi' thee."

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various

I aye kennt your fayther was weel conneckit, Marjorie, but lairge interests in the cen o' writers to the signet like Mac Smaill means a graun' fortune, a muckle tocher, lassie.

From Two Knapsacks A Novel of Canadian Summer Life by Campbell, John

And as soon as they gat the tocher, he’s off wi’ the lassie.

From The Dew of Their Youth by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)