English Explanatory Dictionary

lastage

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A duty exacted, in some fairs or markets, for the right to carry things where one will.
  2. A tax on wares sold by the last.
  3. The lading of a ship; ballast.
  4. Room for stowing goods, as in a ship.

Word forms

lastage lastages

Etymology

From lestage (“ballasting”), from lest (“ballast”), or Latin lastagium, lestagium. See last (“a load”).

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