Middle English Dictionary Entry
strandāǧe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | strandāǧe n. Also straundage. |
| Etymology | AF e)strandage, e)straundage, e)strondage & AL strandagium, strondagium; cp. ME strō̆nd(e n.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A toll or tax paid for leave to beach a boat.
Associated quotations
- 1419(?a1272) Liber Albus Lond.in RS 12.1234,235 : La nief qe vient ove harang..dorra c haranges..La nief..qe seet en Tamise, dorra ii deniers pur straundage..La nief qe meisne bars du meer, congre, sormulett, turbut..nulle custume doit paier, fors pur la nief ii deniers pur straundage..Si batelle a homme foreyn meisne merlyng..et le pessounn soit a fraunc homme de la citee, nulle custume paiera, fors del batelle obole pur strandage.