wagonagewaggonagen.
/ˈwaɡənɪdʒ/ 1. Conveyance or transport by wagon.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > [noun] > by wheeled vehicle > by wagon
wagonage1609
wagonry1641
wagoning1782
1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. 137 The great losses they had by waggonage and other carriage.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Chariotage, waggonnage; the riding in, or carrying by, wagons, &c.
1756 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1889) I. 309 The demands he has had on account of..wagonage of all the flour and stores from Conococheague.
1787 M. Cutler Explan. of Map 28 Oct. in W. P. Cutler & J. P. Cutler Life, Jrnls. & Corr. M. Cutler (1888) II. 403 In Pennsylvania, where wagonage is cheaper than in any other part of North America.
2. Money paid for conveyance by wagon.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > [noun] > carriage of goods, etc. > in wheeled vehicle > in cart or wagon
cartage1428
wagonage1757
1757 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1889) I. 491 The amount of waggonage, and other charges of transporting these provisions..will exceed the whole cost of the provisions.
1779 T. Jefferson Corr. in Wks. (1859) I. 216 Wagonage, indeed, seems to the commissariat an article not worth economising.
3. A collection or train of wagons.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [noun] > train of
wagon-train1810
wagonage1864
1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xvi. xiv. 479 Wagonage, provender, and a piece or two of cannon.
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