Obs.–0 [ad. med.L. carcelagium ‘quod … carceris custodi præstatur ab incarcerato pro victu et potu qui ei subministrantur’ (Du Cange s.v. Carcerarium). Cf. Sp. cárcel prison, carcelage prison fees, f. L. carcer.] ‘Prison fees’ (J.).
1678–96. Phillips, Carcellage, the Fees of a Prison.
1721. Bailey, Carcellage, Prison-Fees.
1755. Johnson, Carcelage. (So in mod. Dicts.)
