Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for ES'CU-AGE
ES'CU-AGE, n. [from Fr. ecu, for escu, L. scutum, a shield.]
In feudal law, service of the shield, called also scutage; a species of tenure by knight service, by which a tenant was bound to follow his lord to war; afterward exchanged for a pecuniary satisfaction. Blackstone.
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