prisage /ˈpɹaɪzɪd͡ʒ/ noun2 •(UK, no longer used) A right belonging to the crown of England, of taking two tuns of wine from every ship importing twenty tuns or more: one before and one behind the mast.There is also another very ancient hereditary duty belonging to the crown, called the prisage, or butlerage of wines — 1765 •(no longer used) The share of merchandise taken as lawful prize at sea which belongs to the king or admiral. formsprisages