1. a toll or fee paid to a miller for grinding grain
Usage: archaic; historical
2. the act or process of grinding grain
Usage: archaic; historical

Examples

• The farmer paid his multure in grain rather than coin.
• The lord of the manor collected multure from all who used his mill.
• Medieval records show the standard multure was one-sixteenth of the grain ground.
• The miller’s livelihood depended on the multure he received from customers.
• Historical documents detail the multure rates charged at different mills.