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| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
| Escu’age (3 syl.) | |
| means “shield service,” and is applied to that obligation which bound a vassal to follow his lord to war at his own private charge. (French, escu, écu, a shield.) | 1 |
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