floatage

American  

[floh-tij] / ˈfloʊ tɪdʒ /

noun

1. flotage.

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floatage British  

/ ˈfləʊtɪdʒ /

noun

1. a variant spelling of flotage

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Etymology

Origin of floatage

First recorded in 1620–30

Example Sentences

Boil the butter, and add to it a small quantity of sugar and salt, and skim off floatage.

From Gold, Sport, and Coffee Planting in Mysore by Elliot, Robert H. (Robert Henry)

They found around the ships much green floatage of weeds, which led them to think some islands must be near.

From Little Masterpieces of Science: Explorers by Iles, George

Some of these were smashed into splinters by end-on collisions with cord-wood; others had dodged the floatage and were landed high on the beach.

From Tides of Barnegat by Smith, Francis Hopkinson

Through this floatage Feliu detects a stir of life ... he swims to rescue a little baby fast in the clutch of her dead mother.

From Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman by Gould, George M. (George Milbrey)

Behind it also came all the ruin of the mill that had any floatage, and bodies of bears and great hogs and cattle, some of them alive, but the most part dead.

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