fumage

English

Etymology

From Old French fumage, fumaige, from Latin fumus (“smoke”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfjuːmɪd͡ʒ/

Noun

fumage (uncountable)

1. (historical) hearth tax
   • 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:

     As early as the conquest mention is made in domesday book of fumage or fuage, vulgarly called smoke farthings; which were paid by custom to the king for every chimney in the house

Translations

hearth tax

• Latin: fumagium n

References

• “fumage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Etymology

From fumer +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fy.maʒ/

• Audio:

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Noun

fumage m (plural fumages)

1. smoking (of food etc)

Further reading

• “fumage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.