fardage

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French fardage. See fardel.

Noun

fardage (uncountable)

1. (nautical, archaic) Scrap material, used to fill space and/or prevent goods from moving about during transport

   Synonym: dunnage

   • 1648, Thomas Gage, A New Survey of the West-Indies:

     The next morning at sun rising, Cortez departed with his Army in good order, and in the midst of them went the Fardage and Artillerie

References

• “fardage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.