burgage

Inherited from Middle English burgage, from Old French bourgage and Medieval Latin burgāgium; equivalent to burg +‎ -age.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɝɡɪd͡ʒ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɜːɡɪd͡ʒ/

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burgage (countable and uncountable, plural burgages)

1. (historical) A medieval tenure in socage under which property in England and Scotland was held under the king or a lord of a town, and was maintained for a yearly rent or for rendering an inferior service (not knight's service) such as watching and warding.
   • 1914, “Lonsdale Hundred (North of the Sands)”, in William Farrer; J. Brownbill, editors, Victoria History of the County of Lancaster‎, volume 8, Constable and Company, page 39:

     Thomas Singleton, bailiff of the escheatery of the town of Lancaster, rendered account in 1441 of £8 4s. 7d. due from ancient rents and various burgages and plats of land which had escheated to the king as duke from various causes.

• borgage, burgaige

Borrowed from Old French bourgage and Medieval Latin burgāgium; equivalent to Old French bourg +‎ -age.

• IPA^(key): /burˈɡaːd͡ʒ(ə)/

burgage (plural burgages)

1. Land held under a feudal ruler (often in exchange for a rent alone)
2. (rare) The tenure that such land is held under; burgage.
3. (rare) A fortified town entitled to certain rights; a borough.

• English: burgage

• “burgāǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.