Also 5 crainage, 6 kranage, (craneagh). [f. CRANE + -AGE.] The use of a crane to hoist goods; dues paid for the use of a crane.
148190. Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.), 43. Item, [for] warfage j. d. Item, [for] crainage vj. d.
1532. Churchw. Acc. Heybridge, Essex (Nichols, 1797), 182. for the claper and yern worke of the gret bell 6s. 8d; for Cranage 2d.
1607. Cowell, Interpr., Cranage is a liberty to use a crane for the drawing up of wares from the vessels.
1641. W. Hakewil, Libertie of Subject, 123. For example, Wharfage, Cranage, Scavage, and such like.
1804. Denholm, Tour to Lakes, 141. The dues of cranage at the quays.
1887. W. Hunt, Bristol, 209. The port dues, wharfage, cranage, and the like.