avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "`scotch' is used only informally"

Limiting, especially the rights of pasture. (Bennett, H.S. Life on the English Manor: A Study of Peasant Conditions, 1150-1400, 339)