- foresteall
- m (-es/-as) intervention, hindrance (of justice); ambush, assault, offence of waylaying on the highway; fine for such an offence; resistance, opposition
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
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Forestall — Fore*stall , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Forestalled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Forestalling}.] [OE. forstallen to stop, to obstruct; to stop (goods) on the way to the market by buying them beforehand, from forstal obstruction, AS. forsteal, foresteall, prop.,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Forestalled — Forestall Fore*stall , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Forestalled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Forestalling}.] [OE. forstallen to stop, to obstruct; to stop (goods) on the way to the market by buying them beforehand, from forstal obstruction, AS. forsteal,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Forestalling — Forestall Fore*stall , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Forestalled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Forestalling}.] [OE. forstallen to stop, to obstruct; to stop (goods) on the way to the market by buying them beforehand, from forstal obstruction, AS. forsteal,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To forestall the market — Forestall Fore*stall , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Forestalled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Forestalling}.] [OE. forstallen to stop, to obstruct; to stop (goods) on the way to the market by buying them beforehand, from forstal obstruction, AS. forsteal,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
forestall — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from forstall act of waylaying, from Old English foresteall, from fore + steall position, stall Date: before 12th century 1. to prevent the normal trading in by buying or diverting goods or by persuading … New Collegiate Dictionary
forestall — forestaller, n. forestallment, forestalment, n. /fohr stawl , fawr /, v.t. 1. to prevent, hinder, or thwart by action in advance: to forestall a riot by deploying police. 2. to act beforehand with or get ahead of; anticipate. 3. to buy up (goods) … Universalium
Forestel — Assault carried out on the king s highway; an ambush on that highway. It was one of the offences reserved to the king s judgement. The penalty was a fine of 100s. In the Latin records the offence was described as prohibitio itineris = hindrance… … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
forstal — see foresteall … Old to modern English dictionary
forsteall — see foresteall … Old to modern English dictionary
forestall — (v.) late 14c. (implied in forestalling), to lie in wait for; also to intercept goods before they reach public markets and buy them privately (formerly a crime; mid 14c. in this sense in Anglo French), from O.E. noun foresteall intervention,… … Etymology dictionary
