prisage
/prahy-zij/US // ˈpraɪ zɪdʒ //UK // (ˈpraɪzɪdʒ) //
棱镜,棱纹,棱镜门,棱角
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Old English Law.
- : the right of the king to take a certain quantity of every cargo of wine imported.
Examples
There is also another antient hereditary duty belonging to the crown, called the prisage or butlerage of wines.
Kings Prisage, or Custom, was taken according to a certain scale on all imported wines.
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