cellarage

American  

[sel-er-ij] / ˈsɛl ər ɪdʒ /

noun

1. cellar space.

2. charges for storage in a cellar.

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cellarage British  

/ ˈsɛlərɪdʒ /

noun

1. an area of a cellar

2. a charge for storing goods in a cellar, etc

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Etymology

Origin of cellarage

First recorded in 1505–15; cellar + -age

Example Sentences

The demand for sparkling saumur is evidently on the increase, for M. Duvau, at the time of our visit, was excavating extensive additional cellarage.

From Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines by Vizetelly, Henry

Rake not the cellarage for their bones, but see the newspapers.

From True Tilda by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

There’s floors upon floors beneath, stored with jute and dye-woods, teas, coffees, spices, tobaccos, and lowest of all on the ground floor and in the cellarage, tallows in great hogsheads.

From Adventures of Working Men From the Notebook of a Working Surgeon by Fenn, George Manville

It leaves you sadly beneath the tower, in the musty cellarage.

From An American at Oxford by Corbin, John

The house was low, of two stories, with a large cellarage underneath, in which was stored articles of all kinds that might be injured by the frost of winter.

From A Danish Parsonage by Vicary, John Fulford