[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

scutage \scu"tage\ ?; 48, n. ll. scutagium, from l. scutum a
   shield. eng. hist.
   shield money; commutation of service for a sum of money. see
   escuage.
   1913 webster
see also:
escuage 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

tallage \tal"lage\, talliage \tal"liage\, n. f. taillage. see
   taille, and cf. tailage. o. eng. law
   a certain rate or tax paid by barons, knights, and inferior
   tenants, toward the public expenses. written also tailage,
   taillage.
   1913 webster

   note: when paid out of knight's fees, it was called
         scutage; when by cities and burghs, tallage; when
         upon lands not held by military tenure, hidage.
         --blackstone.
         1913 webster
see also:
taille tailage tailage taillage scutage tallage 
hidage 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

escuage \es"cuage\ ?; 48, n. of. escuage, f. 'ecuage, from
   of. escu shield, f. 'ecu. see esquire. feud. law
   service of the shield, a species of knight service by which a
   tenant was bound to follow his lord to war, at his own
   charge. it was afterward exchanged for a pecuniary
   satisfaction. called also scutage. --blackstone.
   1913 webster
see also:
esquire scutage 

[4] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

scutage, old eng. law. the name of a tax or contribution raised for the use 
of the king's armies by those who held lands by knight's service. 

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