escuage

[es-kyoo-ij]

noun

scutage.

Origin of escuage

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

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Historical Examples of escuage

Their feudal service was now commuted for an escuage, which fell very short of the expenses incurred in a protracted campaign.
View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 (of 3)
Henry Hallam
Amid the obligations was that of escuage, by which the price of a knight's fee should be paid every year.
Sir Nigel
Arthur Conan Doyle
Soone after whose arriuall, escuage was gathered through the realme towards the bearing of the kings charges.
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (8 of 12)
Raphael Holinshed
When the custom of escuage arose is a matter which no antiquarian researches have settled.
The History of Chivalry, Volume I (of 2)
Charles Mills

British Dictionary definitions for escuage

escuage

noun

(in medieval Europe) another word for scutage

Word Origin for escuage

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

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