scutage
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of scutage
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English word from Medieval Latin word scūtāgium. See scutum, -age
Example Sentences
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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
This yere scutage was gadered in Engelond of every knyghtes fee xl s.
From A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 Written in the Fifteenth Century, and for the First Time Printed from MSS. in the British Museum by Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas
Among those the scutage and hidage are the most important.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Paul Vinogradoff
Chapter 12 is the one relating to scutage, from the word scutum, shield—meaning the service of armed men.
From Popular Law-making by Frederic Jesup Stimson
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