pedage Obs. exc. Hist.
(ˈpɛdɪdʒ)
[ad. med. L. pedāgium (11th c. in Du Cange), for earlier L. pedāticum; see peage.]
Toll paid for passing through a place or country: = peage.
| 1382 Wyclif Ezra iv. 13 Tribute, and pedage [1388 tol, Vulg. vectigal], and ȝeris rentus thei shul not ȝiue. c 1425 MS. Cott. Claud. A. 2 lf. 124 b, Alle þat vnrythefully settyth tallages vppon men of holy chirche, as pedage [pr. podage], gwyage, or any oþur vnskylful thraldom. 1607 Cowell Interpr., Pedage (pedagium) signifieth money giuen for the passing by foote or horse through any countrey. 18.. tr. Charter to New Salisbury an. 1228 in Q. Rev. (1826) XXXIV. 327 Its citizens should be quit, throughout the land, of toll, pontage, passage, pedage [orig. paagio], lastage,..carriage, and all other customs. a 1843 Southey Comm.-pl. Bk. III. 396 The abbot was to wall the town, and receive pedage. |