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Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French herbergage, herberjage; equivalent to Old French herbergier + -age. Compare herberjour and herberwe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌ(h)ɛrbirˈɡaːd͡ʒ(ə)/, /ˌ(h)ɛrbiˈɡaːd͡ʒ(ə)/
Noun
herbergage (plural herbergages)
- Accommodation, lodgings.
1387–1400, [Geoffrey] Chaucer, “The Nonnes Preestes Tale of the Cok / and Hen / Chaũtecler ⁊ Ꝑtelote”, in The Tales of Caunt́bury (Hengwrt Chaucer; Peniarth Manuscript 392D), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion: National Library of Wales, published c. 1400–1410], →OCLC, folio 101, verso:Where as ther was / swich congregacioun / Of peple / and eek so streit of herbergage / That they ne founde / as muche as o cotage- Where there was such a multitude of people / but such a dearth of lodgings, / That they didn't find as much as a cottage.
- A military base or camp.
- A home or house; a permanent residence.
- (astronomy, rare) A house or mansion.
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