Shire-moot

A Shire-moot was a gathering of Hobbits summoned by the Thain of the Shire, who was also the master of the Shire-moot. By the end of the Third Age a Shire-moot was only held in times of emergency.

See Also

• Shire-muster
• Free Fair

References

• J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, "Prologue": Of the Ordering of the Shire.