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English
Etymology
From waft + -age.
Pronunciation
Noun
waftage (countable and uncountable, plural waftages)
- Conveyance on a buoyant medium, such as air or water.
c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], column 2:[…] I ſtalke about her doore / Like a ſtrange ſoule upon the Stigian bankes / Staying for waftage.
1627, Michaell Drayton [i.e., Michael Drayton], “The Battaile of Agin Court”, in The Battaile of Agincourt. , London: A M for VVilliam Lee, , published 1631, →OCLC, page 19:The Ships appointed vvherein they ſhould goe, / And Boats prepar'd for vvaftage to and fro.