escuage
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of escuage
1505–15; < Anglo-French, Old French, equivalent to escu (< Latin scūtum shield) + -age -age
Example Sentences
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Their feudal service was now commuted for an escuage, which fell very short of the expenses incurred in a protracted campaign.
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Henry Hallam
He who holds by castle-guard, holds by knight's service, but he does not hold by escuage.
From Our Legal Heritage by S. A. Reilly
Deacon the bailiff with his two varlets went down to the Hall yesternight on the matter of the escuage, and came screaming back with this young hothead raging at their heels.
From Sir Nigel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Amid the obligations was that of escuage, by which the price of a knight's fee should be paid every year.
From Sir Nigel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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