Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An ancient North English tenure of land, which obliged the tenant to give notice of an invasion of the Scots by blowing a horn.
- noun In feudal law, a tax or tribute on horned cattle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Law) An ancient tenure of land, which obliged the tenant to give notice of an invasion by blowing a horn.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
feudal tax levied onhorned cattle - noun law An ancient
tenure ofland , which obliged thetenant to give notice of aninvasion by blowing a horn.
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Examples
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Chris Jennings in the latest issue of Arc Poetry Magazine: Take cornage.
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Chris Jennings in the latest issue of Arc Poetry Magazine: Take cornage.
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He sent messengers to the several dependants who held their fiefs by the tenure of _cornage_, and warned them to be on the alert, that he might receive instant notice of the approach of the enemy.
The Betrothed Walter Scott 1801
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They returned the king’s writ within their respective lordships, and were exempted from cornage by king John: several villages in Northumberland, however, paid cornage both to St. Albans and to this house.
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