noun
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the act of drifting
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matter carried along or deposited by drifting
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the amount by which an aircraft or vessel has drifted from its intended course
Etymology
Origin of driftage
Example Sentences
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The driftage through the Big House was decreasing.
From The Little Lady of the Big House by Jack London
No more man-wrought driftage came our way, but other signs multiplied.
From 1492 by Mary Johnston
Among caves of driftage may be classed some of those near Liège, in Belgium, and, partially at least, those of Kent's Hole and Brixham, in England.
From The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science by John William Dawson
Fuel coal is also too pure to have been accumulated by driftage.
From The Elements of Geology by William Harmon Norton
I tell you this vagrant fisherman, this wandering preacher, this piece of driftage from Galilee, commanded me.
From The Jacket (Star-Rover) by Jack London
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