prisage

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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. UK,countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — There is also another very ancient hereditary duty belonging to the crown, called the prisage, or butlerage of wines
  2. The share of merchandise taken as lawful prize at sea which belongs to the king or admiral. countable,obsolete,uncountable

词形变化

prisages plural

词汇关系

相关词
butlerage

词源

From Old French prisage (“a praising, valuing, taxing”) (compare Latin prisagium (“prisage”)) or from French prise (“a taking, capture, prize”). See prize.
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