[In sense 1 for earlier kay-, KEYAGE, q.v.; in sense 2 f. QUAY sb. + -AGE.]

1

  1.  Dues levied on goods landed or shipped at a quay, or on ships using the quay.

2

1756.  in Rolt, Dict. Trade.

3

1778.  Engl. Gazetteer (ed. 2), s.v. Truro, The quayage of goods laden or unladen there.

4

1894.  J. H. Wylie, Hist. Eng. Hen. IV., II. 475. A quayage of 6d. was levied on every ship bringing articles alongside.

5

  2.  Quay-room, quay-space.

6

1840.  Evid. Hull Docks Comm., 29. You have allotted considerable room for quayage.

7

1881.  W. Wilkins, Songs of Study, 32. We strolled by the quayage and bridges.

8

1888.  Spectator, 30 June, 891/2. A hundred years ago, the quayage of the harbour [Glasgow] measured 382 yards.

9