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Escuage
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) Service of the shield, a species of knight service by which a tenant was bound to follow his lord to war, at his own charge. It was afterward exchanged for a pecuniary satisfaction. Called also scutage.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Escuage'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/e/escuage.html. 1828.