archit.lawmessuage, dwelling house (with its surrounding lands):
(
c.1170;
MS: s.xiiiex
)
Dreit al rei sunt venu a sun mestre masage
(var. (O: s.xiiim) estage), [...] Sus al haut solier
Horn 1353
(
c.1200;
MS: c.1220-40
)
Vus me donastes [...] Quanque Saul teneit de patremoine, Tere e mesuage
(var. (B: s.xiii3/4) Terre e message) el burc pur herberger
Anc Test (E) 11199
(
s.xiii4/4
)
E le mesuagie seyt autresy entre eus departy; mes ke le astre demorra al pusné
Stats i 224
messuage (c.1170)