guardage

English

Etymology

Compare Old French wardage. Equivalent to guard +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑː(ɹ)dɪd͡ʒ/

Noun

guardage (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) wardship
   • c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     Run from her guardage to the sooty bosom of such a thing as thou, to fear, not to delight.

References

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