piepowder (English, noun)
expansion: piepowder (plural piepowders)
Senses:
glosses: Chiefly in court of piepowders, etc. (sense 2): a traveller, particularly one on foot; a wayfarer; specifically, a travelling merchant.
tags: obsolete
topics: law
glosses: In full court of piepowders (also court of piepowder) or piepowder court: an ancient court in England held in conjunction with a fair or a market to administer summary justice over occurrences therein such as disputes between merchants and acts of theft and violence; they were presided over by the mayor and bailiffs of the borough, or by the steward if the fair or market was held by a lord.
tags: British
historical
Forms:
form: piepowders
tags: plural
form: piepoudre
tags: alternative