1. The right of a tenant or former spouse to take timber or other necessities from a property for fuel, repairs, or maintenance.
Usage: legal term; archaic; primarily used in property law and historical contexts

Examples

• The tenant claimed estovers to repair the cottage roof with wood from the estate.
• Medieval law granted estovers to peasants for gathering firewood on noble lands.
• The divorce settlement included estovers allowing her to harvest timber from the property.
• Estovers were essential rights that protected tenants from destitution in feudal times.
• The landlord disputed the widow's claim to estovers after her husband's death.