escuage

n. (封建社会中佃户应为领主服的)兵役,服役, 免役税

词形变化

escuages 复数 escuages

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Payment to a lord in lieu of military service.

    可数 历史 不可数

    1829, George Crabb, History of English Law, 1831 American Edition, page 374, When the escuage which was to be paid was uncertain, being more or less according to the pleasure of the king or the assessment of parliament ; then the tenure by escuage was a sort of knight′s service.

    1866, Land Tax, entry in William Thomas Brande, George William Cox (editors), A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art, Volume 2, page 308, These escuages were virtually a very heavy land tax […]

词源

Inherited from Middle English scuage, from Old French escuage; in Modern English, remodelled on the Old French etymon.

来源：wiktionary