avenage

English

Etymology

From Old French avenage, from avene, from Latin avena (“oats”).

Noun

avenage (uncountable)

1. (obsolete, law) A quantity of oats paid by a tenant to a landlord in lieu of rent.

References

• “avenage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “avenage”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes I (A–C), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.