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tronage

tronage noun: the weighing of wool.

Noun

tronage (countable and uncountable, plural tronages)

  1. (obsolete) The weighing of wool.
  2. (obsolete) A toll or duty paid for weighing wool.
    • he gave an account also of the profits of the tronage; as appears in the accompts of the customs, in the times of king Edward the first , Edward the second , Edward the third1787, Francis Hargrave, A Collection of Tracts Relative to the Law of England

Forms of tronage

pluraltronages

Origin of tronage

From trone (“a steelyard”) + -age.

Questions about tronage

What does tronage mean?
Tronage means the weighing of wool.
What part of speech is tronage?
Tronage is a noun.
What is the plural of tronage?
The plural of tronage is tronages.

Words near tronage in the dictionary

  1. Tromso
  2. Tromsø
  3. tron
  4. trona
  5. Tronador
  6. tronage
  7. tronages
  8. tronator
  9. tronators
  10. tronc
  11. troncmaster

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