Home › Words › B › bougebouge/buːd͡ʒ/bouge means the right to rations at court, granted to the king's household, attendants etc.bouge is pronounced /buːd͡ʒ/.EtymologyAlteration of bouche.nounThe right to rations at court, granted to the king's household, attendants etc.e.g.“They […] made room for a bombardman that brought bouge for a country lady.” — 1612, Ben Jonson, Love Restored:verbTo swell out.To bilge.e.g.“Their shippe bouged.” — 1589, Richard Hakluyt, The Principall Navigations, Voiages, and Discoveries of the English Nation, […], London: […] George Bishop and Ralph Newberie, deputies to Christopher Barker, […], →OCLC:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.droit 54% match — A legal right or entitlement. vs bouge →bookright 52% match — The right of a will or charter vs bouge →russud 52% match — The provisions of grain, forage, and other necessaries prepared by the local officers at the campground of a military force or official cortege. vs bouge →allowance 51% match — Permission; granting, conceding, or admitting. vs bouge →bouget 51% match — A charge resembling a yoke and a pair of the water bags that were formerly used to supply an army in battle. vs bouge →alimentation 50% match — Alimony. vs bouge →burgage 50% match — A medieval tenure in socage under which property in England and Scotland was held under the king or a lord of a town, and was maintained for a yearly rent or for rendering an inferior service (not knight's service) such as watching and warding. vs bouge →bordage 50% match — The low-level tenure by which a bordar held his cottage. vs bouge →