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lockage [lok-ij] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun the construction, use, or operation of locks, as in a canal or stream. passage through a lock or locks. a toll paid for such passage. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of lockage First recorded in 1670–80; lock1 + -age Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for lockage Historical Examples of lockage
It can only pretend to save five minutes in a lockage, if, in fact, it will save any time.
Letters and Literary Memorials of Samuel J. Tilden, v. 2
Samuel J. Tilden
A lockage fee of twenty-five cents for our boat the lock-master told us would be collected at Chambly Basin.
Nathaniel H. Bishop
British Dictionary definitions for lockage lockage noun a system of locks in a canal passage through a lock or the fee charged for such passage Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
