Desponsage
Desponsage De*spon"sage, n. [From L. desponsus, p. p. See
{Despond}.]
Betrothal. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
Ethelbert . . . went peaceably to King Offa for
desponsage of Athilrid, his daughter. --Foxe.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
2000.