fumage

[ fyoo-mij ]

nounOld English Law.
  1. a tax payable to the king for each hearth in every house owned by a person not exempt from church taxes and poor taxes.

Origin of fumage

1
From the Medieval Latin word fūmāgium, dating back to 1745–55. See fume, -age

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