An arbitrary exaction, formerly existing in Scotland and Ireland. Whenever a chieftain had a mind to revel, he came down among the tenants with his followers, by way of contempt called “Gilliuitfitts,” and lived on free quarters. Wharton; Bell.
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An arbitrary exaction, formerly existing in Scotland and Ireland. Whenever a chieftain had a mind to revel, he came down among the tenants with his followers, by way of contempt called “Gilliuitfitts,” and lived on free quarters. Wharton; Bell.
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