prisage

== English == === Etymology === From Old French prisage (“a praising, valuing, taxing”) (compare Latin prisagium (“prisage”)) or from French prise (“a taking, capture, prize”). See prize. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɹaɪzɪd͡ʒ/ === Noun === prisage (countable and uncountable, plural prisages) (law, UK, obsolete) A right belonging to the crown of England, of taking two tuns of wine from every ship importing twenty tuns or more: one before and one behind the mast. (obsolete) The share of merchandise taken as lawful prize at sea which belongs to the king or admiral. === See also === butlerage === Anagrams === gaspier, pig's ear