( n. )
A duty of two shillings on every tun of wine imported into England by merchant strangers; -- so called because paid to the king's butler for the king.
( n. )
A duty of two shillings on every tun of wine imported into England by merchant strangers; -- so called because paid to the king's butler for the king.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012