Escuage
Pronunciation : Es"cu*age (; 48)
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OF. escuage, F. ?cuage, from OF. escu shield, F. ?cu. See Esquire.] (Feud. Law)
Definition : Defn: 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. Blackstone.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913