Moot is the word he meant to use. It actually means something very similar to the idea of an "Ent Meet" as you called it. This particular use of the word moot stopped being used decades ago, but existed for the time of Tolkein. Since the story of LotR is archaic, it makes sense to use this word.
One of the definitions of moot is...
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Moot - An archaic term used to describe a debate or duscussion of events, to come to a decision in a set amount of time; similar to a committee, meeting, council
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<font size=1 color=339966>[ 8:27 AM February 03, 2004: Message edited by: Kransha ]