gage

US /ɡeɪdʒ/
UK /ɡeɪdʒ/
1.

thách chiến, thách đấu

a valued object deposited as a guarantee of good faith.

1.

cầm vật gì, thế vật gì

offer (an object or one's life) as a guarantee of good faith.

:
a guide sent to them by the headman of this place gaged his life as a forfeit if he failed