steelbow
See also: steelbou
English
Etymology
See steelbou.
Noun
steelbow (uncountable)
- (law, Scotland, historical) A contract by which goods on a farm (such as corn, cattle, implements, etc.) remain the property of the landlord and may not be taken away by a departing tenant.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for steelbow under Steelbow goods in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)