English
Etymology
Anglo-Norman mesuage, probably originally a misreading of mesnage �ménage, household�.
Pronunciation
IPA: /'m�swɪʤ/
Noun
messuage
- historic a plot of land as the site for a house
#:*1985: Matthias turned his lonely house into a mart where furniture, plate and titledeeds to fields and messuages could be brought, evaluated, and transferred to the hands of the primal twelve as administrators. � Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked
- law a residential house with its assigned land
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