prisage · noun — A right belonging to the crown of England, of taking two tuns of wine from every ship importing twenty tuns or more: one before and one behind the mast.
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prisage is pronounced /ˈpɹaɪzɪd͡ʒ/.
Etymology
From Old French prisage (“a praising, valuing, taxing”) (compare Latin prisagium (“prisage”)) or from French prise (“a taking, capture, prize”). See prize.
noun
- A right belonging to the crown of England, of taking two tuns of wine from every ship importing twenty tuns or more: one before and one behind the mast.e.g.“There is also another very ancient hereditary duty belonging to the crown, called the prisage, or butlerage of wines” — 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
- The share of merchandise taken as lawful prize at sea which belongs to the king or admiral.
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