cornage

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A feudal tax levied on horned cattle.
  2. An ancient tenure of land, which obliged the tenant to give notice of an invasion by blowing a horn.

Word forms

cornage cornages

Etymology

Borrowed from French cornage, from Latin cornū (“horn”) + -age.

Related words

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