Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The lading of a ship.
- noun Ballast.
- noun A duty formerly paid
- noun in some markets for the right to carry things where one chooses;
- noun on wares sold by the last;
- noun for freight or transportation;
- noun for the right of taking ballast from the sea-shore, between high- and low-water mark.
- noun Stowage-room for goods.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A duty exacted, in some fairs or markets, for the right to carry things where one will.
- noun obsolete A tax on wares sold by the last.
- noun The lading of a ship; also, ballast.
- noun Room for stowing goods, as in a ship.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
duty exacted, in somefairs ormarkets , for the right to carry things where one will. - noun obsolete A
tax onwares sold by thelast . - noun obsolete The
lading of aship ;ballast . - noun obsolete Room for
stowing goods , as in aship .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
English lestage ballasting, from lest ballast, or Latin lastagium, lestagium. See last a load.
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LAist Lyle Zimskind 2010
trivet commented on the word lastage
TFD:
1. A duty exacted, in some fairs or markets, for the right to carry things where one will.
2. A tax on wares sold by the last.
3. The lading of a ship; also, ballast.
4. Room for stowing goods, as in a ship.
January 17, 2008
fbharjo commented on the word lastage
its everlasting
January 29, 2010