Associations to the word «Socage»

Wiktionary

SOCAGE, noun. (obsolete) In the Middle Ages, a system whereby a tenant would pay a rent or do some agricultural work for the landlord.

Dictionary definition

SOCAGE, noun. Land tenure by agricultural service or payment of rent; not burdened with military service.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope