2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Housebote \House"bote`\, n. [House + bote.] (Law) Wood allowed to a tenant for repairing the house and for fuel. This latter is often called firebote. See {Bote}. [1913 Webster] From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]: HOUSE-BOTE. An allowance of necessary timber out of the landlord's woods, for the repairing and support of a house or tenement. This belongs of common-right to any lessee for years or for life. House-bote is said to be of two kinds, estoveriam aedificandi et ardendi. Co. Litt. 41.
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