Definitions for escuage
es·cuage

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. escuagenoun

   Payment to a lord in lieu of military service.

2. Etymology: escuage, likely from escut + -age.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Escuagenoun

   Escuage, that is service of the shield, is either uncertain or certain. Escuage uncertain is likewise twofold: first, where the tenant by his tenure is bound to follow his lord, going in person to the king’s wars against his enemies, either himself, or to send a sufficient man in his place, at his cost, so many days as were agreed upon between the lord and his first tenant at the granting of the fee; and the days of such service seem to have been rated by the quantity of the land so holden: as, if it extend to a whole knight’s fee, then the tenant was bound thus to follow his lord forty days. A knight’s fee was so much land as, in those days, was accounted a sufficient living for a a knight; and that was six hundred and eighty acres as some think, or eight hundred as others, or 15 l. per Annum. Sir Thomas Smith faith that census equestris is 40 l. revenue in free lands. If the law extend but to half a knight’s fee, then the tenant is bound to follow his lord, as above is said, but twenty days. The other kind of this escuage uncertain is called castleward, where the tenant by his land is bound, either by himself or by some other, to defend a castle as often as it shall come to his course. Escuage certain is where the tenant is set at a certain sum of money, to be paid in lieu of such uncertain services: as that a man yearly pay for a knight’s fee twenty shillings; for half his fee, ten shillings, or some like rate. John Cowell

   Etymology: from escu, French, a shield.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Escuagenoun

   service of the shield, a species of knight service by which a tenant was bound to follow his lord to war, at his own charge. It was afterward exchanged for a pecuniary satisfaction. Called also scutage

2. Etymology: [OF. escuage, F. cuage, from OF. escu shield, F. cu. See Esquire.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Escuage

   es′kū-āj, n. scutage.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. escuage

   An ancient feudal tenure by which the tenant was bound to follow his lord to war or to defend his castle.

How to pronounce escuage?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say escuage in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of escuage in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of escuage in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Escuage
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=escuage
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/escuage
4. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=escuage
5. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html