scutage

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A tax, paid in lieu of military service, that was a significant source of revenue in England in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. countable,historical,uncountable
    — The land tax, in its modern shape, has superseded all the former methods of rating either property, or persons in respect of their property, whether by tenths or fifteenths, subsidies on land, hidages, scutages, or tallages

词形变化

scutages plural

词源

From Middle English scutage, from Medieval Latin scutagium, from Latin scutum (“shield”).
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