flotage

or float·age

[floh-tij]

noun

an act of floating.

the state of floating.

floating power; buoyancy.

anything that floats; flotsam.

the part of a ship above the water line.

Origin of flotage

1620–30; float + -age; compare French flottage

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Historical Examples of flotage

The trees grow in salt water several feet deep, where their labyrinth of roots and branches collect and hold sediment and flotage.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, April 1899
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British Dictionary definitions for flotage

flotage

floatage

noun

the act or state of floating; flotation

buoyancy; power or ability to float

objects or material that float on the surface of the water; flotsam

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