murage

murage

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English murage, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French murage, from murer (“to wall”), from mur (“wall”), Latin murus. See mure (“wall”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmjʊəɹɪd͡ʒ/

Noun

murage (plural murages)

1. A tax paid for building or repairing the walls of a fortified town.
   • 1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon juris canonici Anglicani

     They pay no Toll for Goods which they have in Right of the Church, and were formerly by the common Law discharg'd from Pontage and Murage

References

• murage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• Gaumer, Mauger, mauger, maugre

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French murage, from Old French murage; equivalent to mur +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /my.ʁaʒ/

Noun

murage m (plural murages)

1. murage

Further reading

• “murage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• morage

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman and Middle French murage (compare Medieval Latin mūrāgium). Equivalent to muren +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miu̯ˈraːd͡ʒ(ə)/, /muˈraːd͡ʒ(ə)/

Noun

murage (uncountable)

1. A tax for the maintenance of town walls; murage.
2. (rare) Funds for wall construction and repair.
3. (rare) The privilege of collecting murage.

Descendants

• English: murage

References

• “mū̆rāǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.