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 (countable and uncountable, plural murages)

1. A tax paid for building or repairing the walls of a fortified town.
   • 1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani: Or, A Commentary, by Way of Supplement to the Canons and Constitutions of the Church of England. […], London: […] D. Leach, and sold by John Walthoe […], →OCLC:

     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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Gaumer, Mauger, mauger, maugre

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French murage, from Old French murage. By surface analysis, 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.

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.