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Webster 1913 Edition

(k?r′n?j)

Noun.

[OF.,, horn-blowing, tax on horned cattle, fr. F.

corne

a horn, L.

cornu

(Law)

An ancient tenure of land, which obliged the tenant to give notice of an invasion by blowing a horn.

Noun.

[L., a horn.] An ancient tenure of lands, which obliged the tenant to give notice of an invasion by blowing a horn.

cornage ‎(countable and uncountable, plural cornages)

A feudal tax levied on horned cattle
(law) An ancient tenure of land, which obliged the tenant to give notice of an invasion by blowing a horn.