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barbicanage

Today it means: A tax, similar to murage, paid for the upkeep of a barbican. Full definition →

Late Latin barbicanagium

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Late Latin · derived frombarbicanagium
English todaybarbicanage

From barbican + -age, or from Late Latin barbicanagium.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.