ferriage
Americannoun
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transportation by ferry
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the fee charged for passage on a ferry
Etymology
Origin of ferriage
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at ferry, -age
Example Sentences
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I therefore again descended the almost perpendicular staircase, paid my ferriage, entered a small boat, and in a twinkling was in the midst of the waters, enveloped in the surrounding spray.
From Notes on a Tour Through the Western part of The State of New York by Anonymous
The gunboats, having done the greater share of the ferriage, went back to the east bank for Grover.
From History of the Nineteenth Army Corps by Richard B. (Richard Biddle) Irwin
We learn from the Massachusetts Laws that often a rider had to let his horse cross by swimming over, being guided from the ferry-boat; he then paid no ferriage for the horse.
From Home Life in Colonial Days by Alice Morse Earle
Public letters were to go post free; ferriage was to be free for all, and constant posts were to be maintained from Philadelphia to New York and New Castle.
From The Early History of the Colonial Post-Office by Mary E. Woolley
Mina K. asks whether it is proper to allow a friend whom she happens to meet in a public conveyance to pay her car fare and ferriage.
From Harper's Round Table, June 18, 1895 by Various
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