scutage

American  

[skyoo-tij] / ˈskyu tɪdʒ /

noun

1. (in the feudal system) a payment exacted by a lord in lieu of military service due to him by the holder of a fee.

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scutage British  

/ ˈskjuːtɪdʒ /

noun

1. (in feudal society) a payment sometimes exacted by a lord from his vassal in lieu of military service

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Etymology

Origin of scutage

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English word from Medieval Latin word scūtāgium. See scutum, -age

Example Sentences

In Mendel Rivers' South Carolinian fief, the voters do all but pay scutage.

From Time Magazine Archive

Had they come, as representatives of the feudal overlord—the Landlord—ao as to make an assessment for the next scutage?

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

He censured the barons for refusing the scutage, which had been paid from old times, and for their threat of proceeding sword in hand.

From A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) by Ranke, Leopold von

The cost of his fruitless threats of war had been met by heavy and repeated taxation, by increased land tax and increased scutage.

From History of the English People, Volume I Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216 by Green, John Richard

In the thirteenth century Peter des Roches claimed exemption from the payment of a scutage on the ground that he had voted against it, and his claim was held to be valid.

From The History of England - a Study in Political Evolution by Pollard, A. F. (Albert Frederick)