early misreading for ESTRES.
1532. Rom. Rose, iv. 61, in Chaucer’s Wks. (ed. Thynne). It was not left Till I had all the garden been In the efters [ed. Bell-Skeat l. 1448 estres] that men might seene.
1715. Kersey, Efters, Walks, Galleries, Entries, Hedges.
1721–1800. in Bailey.
