murage

noun /ˈmjʊəɹɪd͡ʒ/

1. A tax paid for building or repairing the walls of a fortified town.

   countable, uncountable

   They pay no Toll for Goods which they have in Right of the Church, and were formerly by the common Law discharg'd from Pontage and Murage

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English murage, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French murage, from murer (“to wall”), from mur (“wall”), Latin murus. See mure (“wall”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry murage (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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