Home › Words › C › carucagecarucage/ˈkæɹəkɪdʒ/carucage · noun — A form of land taxation that replaced Danegeld in twelfth-century England.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).carucage is pronounced /ˈkæɹəkɪdʒ/.EtymologyFrom Late Latin carrucagium, from carruca (“plough”); compare tillage.nounA form of land taxation that replaced Danegeld in twelfth-century England.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.cornage 66% match — A feudal tax levied on horned cattle. vs carucage →carucate 62% match — The notional area of land able to be farmed in a year by a team of 8 oxen pulling a carruca plow, usually reckoned at 120 acres. vs carucage →scutage 60% match — A tax, paid in lieu of military service, that was a significant source of revenue in England in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. vs carucage →chevage 59% match — A capitation tax; an equal tax or tribute per person. vs carucage →danegeld 59% match — A tax raised originally to pay tribute or protection money to the Viking raiders in the 10th and 11th centuries to save a land from being ravaged, and later continued as a land tax. vs carucage →barbicanage 57% match — A tax, similar to murage, paid for the upkeep of a barbican. vs carucage →heregeld 57% match — Danegeld (a tax raised to pay tribute to Vikings in medieval Europe). vs carucage →horngeld 55% match — A kind of tax on cattle. vs carucage →