| 释义 |
† skevinage Obs.
Also skun-, scunage.
[ad. ONF. eskevinage, var. of OF. eschevinage mod.F. échevinage): see prec.]
A district under the jurisdiction of a local magistrate.
In English use only with ref. to the precincts of Calais.
1449Rolls of Parlt. V. 149/2 Withoute the Towne, in the Procincte longing to the same, called the Skevinage. 1487Ibid. VI. 404/2 Th' Office of Baillyve of the Scunage of Calais. 1529Lett. & Pap. Hen. VIII (1876) IV. iii. 2392 A house place..within the scunage of Calais. |
