PIEPOWDER COURT

PIEPOWDER COURT piepowder court (pI-pow-d[schwa]r). Hist. In medieval England, a court having jurisdiction over a fair or market and presided over by the organizer’s steward. ? The name is a corruption of two French words (pied and poudre) meaning ¡°dusty feet.¡± ¡ª Also termed court of piepowder. ¡ª Also spelled piepoudre; piedpoudre; pipowder; py-powder. How […]

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