• (n.) Service of the shield, a species of knight service by which a tenant was bound to follow his lord to war, at his own charge. It was afterward exchanged for a pecuniary satisfaction. Called also scutage.
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Es'cu·age noun [ Old French
escuage , French
écuage , from Old French
escu shield, French
écu . See
Esquire .]
(Feud. Law) Service of the shield, a species of knight service by which a tenant was bound to follow his lord to war, at his own charge. It was af...
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