cornage

Cornage

Cor"nage\ (k?r"n?j), n. [OF.,, horn-blowing, tax on horned cattle, fr. F. corne a horn, L. cornu.] (Law) Anancient tenure of land, which obliged the tenant to give notice of an invasion by blowing a horn.
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