or DUN. See DUN.

BURGH-BOE signifies contribution towards the building or repairing of castles, or walls, for the defence of a borough or city.

By a law of King Athelstan, the castles and walls of towns were to be repaired, and burg-bote levied every year within a fortnight after roation days. No person whatever was exempt from this service; the king himself could not exempt a man from burg-bote; yet, in after times, exemptions appear to have been frequently granted; infomuch, that, according to Cowell, the word burg-bote came to be chiefly used to denote not the service, but the liberty or exemption from it.