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rivages

rivages is the plural of rivage.

Meaning of rivage

Noun

rivage (countable and uncountable, plural rivages)

  1. (archaic, poetic) A coast, a shore.
    • Ryght soo departed Galahad / Percyual / and Bors with hym / and soo they rode thre dayes / and thenne they came to a Ryuage and fonde the shyp[…]/ And whanne they cam to the borde / they fonde in the myddes the table of syluer / whiche they had lefte with the maymed kynge and the Sancgreal whiche...1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xxj”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVII
  2. (UK, historical) A duty paid to the crown for the passage of vessels on certain rivers.

Questions about rivages

What is rivages the plural of?
Rivages is the plural of rivage.

Words near rivages in the dictionary

  1. rivadavite
  2. Rivadeneira
  3. Rivadeneiras
  4. rivage
  5. rivage green
  6. rivages
  7. rivaite
  8. rival
  9. rivaled
  10. rivaless
  11. rivalesses

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