floatage

[ floh-tij ]

/ ˈfloʊ tɪdʒ /

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noun

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Origin of floatage

First recorded in 1620–30

Words nearby floatage

flittermouse, flivver, Flo, float, floatable, floatage, floatation, floatboard, float bowl, float bridge, float chamber

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How to use floatage in a sentence

A finer floatage I never saw, and her lines were purely elegant, and she rode above the water without so much as parting it.
The Maid of Sker|Richard Doddridge Blackmore
Boil the butter, and add to it a small quantity of sugar and salt, and skim off floatage.
Gold, Sport, And Coffee Planting In Mysore|Robert H. Elliot
They found around the ships much green floatage of weeds, which led them to think some islands must be near.
Little Masterpieces of Science: Explorers|Various

British Dictionary definitions for floatage

floatage

/ (ˈfləʊtɪdʒ) /

noun

a variant spelling of flotage

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