tenantable

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In the case of houses for occupation, the tenant would have to keep the house in a tenantable state of repair during the term, and deliver it up in like condition.

From The Book of Household Management by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)

No weapon, no matter how ingenious, is of utility in warfare unless it can be relied upon, and no vessel that is not tenantable can be expected to render any service at sea.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 586, March 26, 1887 by Various

It was a fantastic chateau, much dilapidated, and indeed scarcely tenantable through age and neglect.

From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4 by Poe, Edgar Allan

Therefore Monsieur Schaunard is hereby required to give up possession of the said premises, and to leave them in tenantable repair, before noon on the eighth day of April.

From Bohemians of the Latin Quarter by Murger, Henry

The tenantable parts of the castle comprise the town-hall; a poor-house; a jail; a new market-house; numerous store-cellars; a blacksmith’s and other shops and habitations; a Roman Catholic chapel; and a pigeon-house. 

From A Tour throughout South Wales and Monmouthshire by Barber, J. T.