escuage

[ es-kyoo-ij ]

noun

Origin of escuage

1
1505–15; <Anglo-French, Old French, equivalent to escu (<Latin scūtum shield) + -age-age

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escuage

/ (ˈɛskjʊɪdʒ) /


noun
  1. (in medieval Europe) another word for scutage

Origin of escuage

1
C16: from Old French, from escu shield, from Latin scūtum

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