See Also: pickage(dictionary)

cantonment (oh) and pickage (iou)


cantonment (oh)



[Date: 1700-1800; Language: French; Origin: cantonnement, from cantonner 'to provide with a place to sleep and eat', from canton; CANTON]
technical a camp where soldiers live

pickage (iou)



pickage noun. LME.
[Anglo-Norman picage, from Old & mod. French piquer: see -AGE.]
A toll paid for breaking the ground in setting up stalls etc. at fairs. Cf. TERRAGE.