gage
US /ɡeɪdʒ/
UK /ɡeɪdʒ/
1.
калибр
a valued object deposited as a guarantee of good faith.
1.
калибр
offer (an object or one's life) as a guarantee of good faith.
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a guide sent to them by the headman of this place gaged his life as a forfeit if he failed