chiefage
English
Alternative forms
- chevage
- chivage
Etymology
From Old French chevage, from chief (“head”). See chief.
Noun
chiefage (uncountable)
- (obsolete) A tribute by the head; a poll tax.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for chiefage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)