See Also: escuage(dictionary)
ESCUAGE, old Eng(law)

escuage (iou)



escuage noun. obsolete exc. Hist. E16.
[Anglo-Norman, Old French, from escu (mod. ecu) shield (from Latin scutum) + -AGE. Cf. SCUTAGE.]
Personal service in the field for a period of forty days each year, the chief form of feudal tenure. E16.
= SCUTAGE. L16.