arch. [f. FRAUGHT v. + -AGE.]
† 1. = FREIGHTAGE 1. Obs.
1442. in Willis and Clark, Cambridge (1886), I. 386. For fraughtage of x tonne … fro London vn to ye College at xvj d. the tonne.
2. = FREIGHTAGE 2. Obs. exc. arch.
1590. Shaks., Com. Err., IV. i. 87.
| Our fraughtage sir, | |
| I haue conuci’d aboord, and I haue bought | |
| The Oyle, the Balsamum, and Aqua-vitæ. |
1670. Milton, Hist. Eng., II. Wks. (1851), 38. Broader likewise they were made, for the better transporting of Horses, and all other fraughtage.
1817. Blackw. Mag., I. May, 153/1.
| The veering pennon, and the creaking barge, | |
| Deep-loaded to the wale, with fraughtage rich. |
1882. Swinburne, Tristram of Lyonesse, 154.
| But as a merchant’s laden be the bark | |
| With royal ware for fraughtage, that King Mark | |
| May take for toll thereof some costly thing. |
fig. 1615. Jackson, Creed, IV. III. vii. § 6. Now where the fraughtage, or furniture of life is precious, as if our fare be delicate, our other pleasures or contentments in their kinde, rare and delectable.
† 3. The process of lading a vessel. Obs.
1683. Brit. Spec., 84. Cæsar … ordering them [the Ships] to be low-built for the easier Fraughtage, and better haling ashore.
