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mainour

[ mey-ner ]

/ ˈmeɪ nər /

noun Old English Law.

a stolen article found on the person of or near the thief: to be taken with the mainour.

Also manner.

Origin of mainour

1225–75; Middle English < Anglo-French mainoure (Old French manoeuvre hand labor); see maneuver, inure

Words nearby mainour

mainlander, mainline, mainliner, mainly, mainmast, mainour, mains, mainsail, mainsheet, mainspring, mainstay

Example sentences from the Web for mainour

Mainour, a thing stolen, discovered in the hands of the thief.

Anne of Geierstein, Volume I (of 2) |Sir Walter Scott
In the old editions this is spelt manour or mainour and means "in the act."

The Romance of Words (4th ed.) |Ernest Weekley