[f. CRIMP sb.1 + -AGE.] A payment made to a crimp for his services.
1754. Strype, Stow’s Surv., II. V. xiv. 319/1. Any coal owner may employ … crimps or factors … to dispose of their loadings and pay their crimpage or factorage.
1800. Colquhoun, Comm. Thames, xvi. 528. The Captain pays them two guineas crimpage.
1815. Maule & Selwyn, Reports, III. 484. Disbursements … for crimpage to replace deserters during the repairs.
