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Webster 1913 Edition

Scutage

Scu′tage

(?; 48)
,
Noun.
[LL.
scutagium
, from L.
scutum
a shield.]
(Eng. Hist.)
Shield money; commutation of service for a sum of money. See
Escuage
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Scutage

SCU'TAGE

,
Noun.
[Law L. scutagium, from scutum, a shield.] In English history, a tax or contributiion levied upon those who held lands by knight service; originally, a composition for personal service which the tenant owed to his lord, but afterward levied as an assessment.

Definition 2024

scutage

scutage

English

Noun

scutage ‎(countable and uncountable, plural scutages)

  1. (historical) A tax, paid in lieu of military service, that was a significant source of revenue in England in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.

Etymology

Middle English, from Medieval Latin scutagium, from Latin scutum ‎(“shield”)

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