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cornage

cornage noun: a feudal tax levied on horned cattle.

Noun

cornage (countable and uncountable, plural cornages)

  1. A feudal tax levied on horned cattle.
  2. (historical) An ancient tenure of land, which obliged the tenant to give notice of an invasion by blowing a horn.

Forms of cornage

pluralcornages

Origin of cornage

Borrowed from French cornage, from Latin cornū (“horn”) + -age.

Questions about cornage

What does cornage mean?
Cornage means a feudal tax levied on horned cattle.
What part of speech is cornage?
Cornage is a noun.
What is the plural of cornage?
The plural of cornage is cornages.

Words near cornage in the dictionary

  1. Corna
  2. Cornabrone
  3. cornaceous
  4. cornacre
  5. cornacres
  6. cornage
  7. cornages
  8. cornalean
  9. cornaleans
  10. cornamuse
  11. cornamuses

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