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wagonage, waggonage|ˈwægənɪdʒ|
[f. wagon n. or v. + -age.]
1. Conveyance or transport by wagon.
1609Holland Amm. Marcell. 137 The great losses they had by waggonage and other carriage. 1611Cotgr., Chariotage, waggonnage; the riding in, or carrying by, wagons, &c. 1756Washington Let. Writ. 1889 I. 309 The demands he has had on account of..wagonage of all the flour and stores from Conococheague. 1770in M. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. (1888) II. 403 In Pennsylvania, where wagonage is cheaper than in any other part of North America.
2. Money paid for conveyance by wagon.
1757Washington Let. Writ. 1889 I. 491 The amount of waggonage, and other charges of transporting these provisions..will exceed the whole cost of the provisions. 1779Jefferson Corr. Wks. 1859 I. 216 Wagonage, indeed, seems to the commissariat an article not worth economising.
3. A collection or train of wagons.
1864Carlyle Fredk. Gt. xvi. xiv. IV. 479 Wagonage, provender, and a piece or two of cannon. |