Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PIE-POU-DRE, n. [Fr. pied, foot, and poudreux, dusty, from poudre, dust; or pied puldreaux, a pedlar.]

An ancient court of record in England, incident to every fair and market, of which the steward of him who owns has the toll, is the judge. It had jurisdiction of all causes arising in the fair or market. – Blackstone.