guardage
noun/ˈɡɑː(ɹ)dɪd͡ʒ/
Etymology Compare Old French wardage. Equivalent to guard + -age.
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Obsolete wardship
- Run from her guardage to the sooty bosom of such a thing as thou, to fear, not to delight.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):