avenage
English
Etymology
Old French avenage, from avene, from Latin avena oats
Noun
avenage (uncountable)
- (obsolete, law) A quantity of oats paid by a tenant to a landlord in lieu of rent.
References
- avenage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1914