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labourage

labourage noun: the loading or unloading of a ship's cargo.

Noun

labourage (uncountable)

  1. (dated) The loading or unloading of a ship's cargo.
  2. (obsolete) The wage for labour.
  3. Workplace; the place where one labors.
    • The Commissars of Edinburgh were found not to have Right to confirm the Testament of a person dying in Edinburgh, albeit he had dwelt there half a year, and had a house taken for a year, furnished with his own plenishing, and his wife and whole children there, not being in it animo remanendi, but...1687, The Decisions of the Lords of Council & Session

Questions about labourage

What does labourage mean?
Labourage means the loading or unloading of a ship's cargo.
What part of speech is labourage?
Labourage is a noun.

Words near labourage in the dictionary

  1. labour-intensive
  2. labour-saver
  3. labour-savers
  4. labour-saving
  5. labour-value theory
  6. labourage
  7. laboural
  8. labouratory
  9. Labourd
  10. Labourdin
  11. laboured

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