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escuage

[ es-kyoo-ij ]

noun



escuage

/ ˈɛskjʊɪdʒ /

noun

  1. (in medieval Europe) another word for scutage
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of escuage1

1505–15; < Anglo-French, Old French, equivalent to escu (< Latin scūtum shield) + -age -age
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Word History and Origins

Origin of escuage1

C16: from Old French, from escu shield, from Latin scūtum
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Example Sentences

When the custom of escuage arose is a matter which no antiquarian researches have settled.

Amid the obligations was that of escuage, by which the price of a knight's fee should be paid every year.

In this yeare the king tooke escuage, fortie shillings of euerie knights fée, towards the charges of his last wars in Wales.

Soone after whose arriuall, escuage was gathered through the realme towards the bearing of the kings charges.

Their feudal service was now commuted for an escuage, which fell very short of the expenses incurred in a protracted campaign.

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