or SCOTALE, is where any officer of a forest keeps an ale-house within the forest, by colour of his office, making people come to his house, and there spend their money for fear of his displeasure. We find it mentioned in the charter of the forest, cap. 8. "Nullus forestararius faciat Scotallat, vel garbas coligat, vel aliquam collectam faciat," &c. Mantwood, 216.

The word is compounded of scot and ale, and by transposition of the words is otherwise called alebot.