BUTLERAGE
Etymology
Noun
butlerage (countable and uncountable, plural butlerages)
(legal, archaic) A duty formerly paid to the king's butler on every tun of wine imported into England by foreign merchants.
Source: Wiktionary
But"ler*age, n. (O. Eng. Law)
Definition: A duty of two shillings on every tun of wine imported into England by merchant strangers; -- so called because paid to the king's butler for the king. Blackstone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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