floatage
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of floatage
First recorded in 1620–30
Example Sentences
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This was one of the places where the Bruce, proudest of the lords of Cleveland, had “free fisheries, plantage, floatage, lagan, jetsom, derelict, and other maritime franchises.”
From A Month in Yorkshire by Walter White
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 Francis Hopkinson Smith
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 Robert H. (Robert Henry) Elliot
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 George M. (George Milbrey) Gould
Still she rose up till her ports, with her guns, and at last the whole of her floatage was above water, and there she remained close to them, with her main-yard squared, and hove-to.
From The Phantom Ship by Frederick Marryat
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