fraughtage

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English

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Etymology

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From fraught +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fraughtage (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, nautical) freight; cargo
    • c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]:
      Our fraughtage, sir, I have convey'd aboard; and I have bought the oil, the balsamum and aqua-vitae.
    • c. 1610-1614, William Rowley (attributed), A New Wonder, a Woman Never Vexed
      our ships are so near return, as laden on the Downs with such a wealthy fraughtage.

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