Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cornage

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cor-nage
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A feudal tax levied on horned cattle.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An ancient tenure of land, which obliged the tenant to give notice of an invasion by blowing a horn.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from French cornage, from Latin cornū (“horn”) + -age.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

cornages (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

headage hornblower pellage

Questions

What does cornage mean?
A feudal tax levied on horned cattle.
Where does cornage come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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