Obs. [a. AF. avenerie, = OF. avenière:L. *avēnāria, f. avēnārius: see next.] The office of the avener.
1601. Tate, Househ. Ord. Edw. II., § 56. And receve livery of hay, oates, and littere from the office of the avenery.
1627. R. Perrot, Jacobs Vowe, 48. Payable unto his Avenary.
1631. Powell, Tom All Trades, 168. The Master of the Horse preferrs to the Avenanarie [sic] and other Clarkeships offices.