Middle English Dictionary Entry
bagaǧe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | bagaǧe n. |
| Etymology | OF |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) The portable equipment of an army; impedimenta; (b) plunder, loot.
Associated quotations
a
- c1450 Lond.Chron.Cleo.(Cleo C.4)143 : He cam dovne vnto Rooen with all his bagage and men, sauff and sound.
b
- a1500(?c1440) Lydg.HGS (Lnsd 699)424 : Soudiours that braynles been & wood, To gete baggage [vrr. bagage, baggages] put hem silf in prees.