資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Manbote \Man"bote`\, n. [AS. man man, vassal + b[=o]t
   recompense.] (Anglo-Saxon Law)
   A sum paid to a lord as a pecuniary compensation for killing
   his man (that is, his vassal, servant, or tenant). --Spelman.