draggage

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English

Etymology

From drag +‎ -age.

Noun

draggage (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The act of hauling or transporting goods; haulage.
    • 1611, Randle Cotgrave, compiler, “Droict”, in A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues, London: Adam Islip, →OCLC, column 1:
      Droict de Tirage. Draggage; or a toll, or fee for draggage (of ſalt, or vvine) due vnto ſome Lords.

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