light-shot

English

Noun

light-shot (plural light-shots)

1. (obsolete) In Anglo-Saxon times, a contribution of wax payable to the church three times yearly; light-scot.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:light-shot.

References

• William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “light-shot”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes III (Hoop–O), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 3450.