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tronage - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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From trone (a steelyard) +‎ -age.

tronage (countable and uncountable, plural tronages)

  1. (obsolete) The weighing of wool.
  2. (obsolete) A toll or duty paid for weighing wool.
    • 1787, Francis Hargrave, A Collection of Tracts Relative to the Law of England:

      he gave an account also of the profits of the tronage; as appears in the accompts of the customs, in the times of king Edward the first , Edward the second , Edward the third