cowle

noun

1. A lease, or grant in writing; a safe-conduct, amnesty, etc.

   obsolete

   […] a cowle to the plaintiffs cawnies, and by another cowle to others, who did not belong to the village, 80 cawnies.

Where it comes from

Arabic [Term?] (literally “word, promise, agreement”)

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry cowle (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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