driftage

American  

[drif-tij] / ˈdrɪf tɪdʒ /

noun

1. the action or an amount of drifting.

2. drifted matter.

3. Navigation. the amount of drift away from a set course as a result of wind and currents.

4. windage.

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driftage British  

/ ˈdrɪftɪdʒ /

noun

1. the act of drifting

2. matter carried along or deposited by drifting

3. the amount by which an aircraft or vessel has drifted from its intended course

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Etymology

Origin of driftage

First recorded in 1760–70; drift + -age

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Example Sentences

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driftage

The flat-boat that was moored down at Galpin's "dock"—four railroad ties roped together—was none too substantial looking, having been built by Galpin himself from odds and ends picked up from scrap heaps and driftage.

From Boy Scouts of the Air on Lost Island by Gordon Stuart

The marls must have been formed largely by the driftage of sand and clay, while some of the limestone was6 produced by accumulation of corals and shells.

From The Chain of Life in Geological Time A Sketch of the Origin and Succession of Animals and Plants by Sir J. William Dawson

My father's resting-place had not been invaded by the imperious flood, although a line of driftage, in a zigzag swath, lay near the mound.

From Erema — My Father's Sin by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

Also they were scrubs—the dirty driftage of the fight game, without honor, without efficiency.

From The Night-Born by Jack London

And now both their minds were Londonward, where all the tides and driftage and currents of human thought still meet and swirl together.

From Marriage by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

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