putage

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French putage.

Noun

putage (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Prostitution or fornication by a woman.

Synonyms

• putery

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “putage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Old French

Alternative forms

• putaige

Etymology

pute +‎ -age.

Noun

putage oblique singular, m (oblique plural putages, nominative singular putages, nominative plural putage)

1. debauchery (immoral sexual behavior)