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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Topics: law
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The share of merchandise taken as lawful prize at sea which belongs to the king or admiral.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Old French prisage (“a praising, valuing, taxing”) (compare Latin prisagium (“prisage”)) or from French prise (“a taking, capture, prize”). See prize.
