tronage

English

Etymology

From trone (“a steelyard”) +‎ -age.

Noun

tronage (countable and uncountable, plural tronages)

1. (obsolete) The weighing of wool.
2. (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

Related terms

• tronator

References

• “tronage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• NOR gate, argento-, negator, teragon