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The definition of a gage is a deposit or something given as a challenge to start a fight.

(noun)

An example of a gage is money left for a layaway item.
An example of a gage is a hat thrown down to indicate a person wants to fight.

See gage in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

something deposited or pledged to ensure that an obligation will be fulfilled; security
a pledge to appear and fight, as a glove thrown down by a knight challenging another
a challenge

Origin: ME < OFr, a pledge, pawn < (? via ML wagium) Frank *waddi or Goth wadi, pledge < IE base *wadh-: see wed

transitive verb gaged, gaging

to offer as a pledge; wager
to bind by a pledge

noun, transitive verb gaged, gaging

gauge

noun

greengage

Gage, Thomas 1721-87; Brit. general in the American Revolution

See gage in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Something deposited or given as security against an obligation; a pledge.
Something, such as a glove, that is offered or thrown down as a pledge or challenge to fight.
A challenge.

transitive verb gaged gaged, gag·ing, gag·es
Archaic

To pledge as security.
To offer as a stake in a bet; wager.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , of Germanic origin

noun

Any of several varieties of plum, such as the greengage.

Origin:

Origin: After Sir William Gage (1656?-1727), English botanist

noun & v.

Variant of gauge.

British general and colonial administrator. As governor of Massachusetts (1774-1775) his attempts to suppress colonial resistance led to the start of the American Revolution.

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