pontage
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English
Etymology
From Latin pons, pontis (“a bridge”): compare French pontage.
Noun
pontage (countable and uncountable, plural pontages)
- (UK, law, obsolete) A duty or tax paid for repairing bridges.
- 1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani: Or, A Commentary, by Way of Supplement to the Canons and Constitutions of the Church of England. , London: D. Leach, and sold by John Walthoe , →OCLC:
- They pay no Toll for Goods which they have in Right of the Church , and were formerly by the common Law discharg'd from Pontage and Murage
References
- “pontage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
pontage m (plural pontages)
- (medicine) bypass (an alternative passage created to divert a bodily fluid around a damaged organ)
- bridge-building
Further reading
- “pontage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.