wheelagen.
/ˈhwiːlɪdʒ/ 1. A toll paid for the passage of wheeled vehicles; cost of carriage in a wheeled vehicle, cartage. Historical.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > toll for passing through > [noun] > by wheeled vehicles
wheelage1611
wain-money1626
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > [noun] > carriage of goods, etc. > in wheeled vehicle
wheelage1808
haulage1864
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues 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.).
1765 London Chron. 25 Apr. 398 The Committee..lett..the toll of carts and wheelage over London-Bridge.
1808 Hist. Worcester 93 A ton of coal, threepence for wheelage.
1894 C. Welch Tower Bridge 48 The Sheriffs never had anything to do with the wheelage, which was collected by a City-officer.
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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > wheel-making > [noun]
wheelage1681
wheelwrighting1883
wheel-assembly1897
1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia Generalis 1312 Wheelage, or wheel-work, rotarum fabricatio.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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