cornage

English

Etymology

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

Noun

cornage (countable and uncountable, plural cornages)

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

See also

• headage
• hornblower
• pellage

References

• “cornage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• acrogen