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wheelage|ˈhwiːlɪdʒ|
[f. wheel n. + -age.]
1. A toll paid for the passage of wheeled vehicles; cost of carriage in a wheeled vehicle, cartage. Hist.
1611Cotgr., Droict de Roüage, wheelage. 1672(title) Deed between William Osbolston..and the Mayor and Corporation of London, relates to the Collection of Tolls, or Wheelage over Old London Bridge (MS.). 1765Lond. Chron. 25 Apr. 398 The Committee..lett..the toll of carts and wheelage over London-Bridge. 1808Hist. Worcester 93 A ton of coal, threepence for wheelage. 1894C. Welch Tower Bridge 48 The Sheriffs never had anything to do with the wheelage, which was collected by a City-officer.
†2. Wheel-making. Obs. rare—0.
1681W. Robertson Phraseol. Gen. 1312 Wheelage, or wheel-work, rotarum fabricatio. |