PRISAGE


Meaning of PRISAGE in English

noun the share of merchandise taken as lawful prize at sea which belongs to the king or admiral.

2. prisage ·noun 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. by charter of edward i. butlerage was substituted for this.

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