tronage
English
Noun
tronage (countable and uncountable, plural tronages)
- (obsolete) The weighing of wool.
- (obsolete) A toll or duty paid for weighing wool.
- 1787, Francis Hargrave, A Collection of Tracts Relative to the Law of England:
- he gave an account also of the profits of the tronage; as appears in the accompts of the customs, in the times of king Edward the first , Edward the second , Edward the third
References
- “tronage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.