Definitions For Prisage

Noun

PRISAGE. (countable and uncountable, plural PRISAGEs) (legal, 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. : (Blackstone) (obsolete) The share of merchandise taken as lawful prize at sea which belongs to the king or admiral.

Etymology

From {{der, en, fro, prisage, t=a praising, valuing, taxing}} (compare {{cog, la, prisagium, t=prisage}}) or from {{der, en, fr, prise, t=a taking, capture, prize}}. See prize.