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kippage

kippage noun: those sailing together on a ship, both crew and passengers.

Noun

kippage (usually uncountable, plural kippages)

  1. (Scotland, archaic, historical, usually) Those sailing together on a ship, both crew and passengers.
    • To find a kippage for a convict ship was no easy matter, for many a seaman would heave sharp about at the prospect of signing on to a vessel with a cargo of cutthroats.2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 76
  2. (Scotland, obsolete, usually) Confusion, disorder.
  3. (Scotland, obsolete, usually) A fit of temper; rage.

Forms of kippage

pluralkippages

Origin of kippage

An aphetic form of French équipage.

Questions about kippage

What does kippage mean?
Kippage means those sailing together on a ship, both crew and passengers.
What part of speech is kippage?
Kippage is a noun.
What is the plural of kippage?
The plural of kippage is kippages.

Words near kippage in the dictionary

  1. Kipp
  2. Kipp generator
  3. Kipp generators
  4. Kipp's apparatus
  5. kippa
  6. kippage
  7. kippages
  8. kippah
  9. kippahed
  10. kippahs
  11. Kippara

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