noun
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an area of a cellar
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a charge for storing goods in a cellar, etc
Etymology
Origin of cellarage
Example Sentences
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It is doubtful whether it ever formed an open chamber, and it is now, with the exception of its central passage, entirely devoted to cellarage.
From Memorials of Old London Volume I by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)
For many octaves Mychowski fell as a stone from a star, and as he crashed into the very cellarage of hell he heard four snapping chords and found himself on the floor of his bedroom....
From Melomaniacs by Huneker, James
The ample cellarage which the house possesses has enabled M. Werlé to make many experiments which firms with less space at their command would find it difficult to carry out on the same satisfactory scale.
From Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines by Vizetelly, Henry
We are made at once to see "the square wall of a forehead which had his eyebrows for its base, while his eyes found commodious cellarage in the two dark caves overshadowed by the wall."
From Humanly Speaking by Crothers, Samuel McChord
Come on—you hear this fellow in the cellarage.
From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John
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