soundages

Noun

soundage (countable and uncountable, plural soundages)

1. (obsolete) The production of a sound.
   • Att the soundage of an alarum , euery one shall repaire to theire coullers or place appointed them .1855, David Pulsifer, Records of the Colony of New Plymouth, in New England, page 146
2. An excavated trench or pit.
   • The establishment of a stratigraphic continium for Deh Morasi Ghundai and Said Qala Tepe will have to wait until the analysis of the soundage is completed.1971, Afghanistan - Volume 24, page 91
3. The determination of the depth and nature of materials beneath the surface.
   • At the late session of the legislative body an appropriation was made for soundage and survey .1876, “Facts from Various Sources”, in Report of the Department of Agriculture, volume 12, page 455
4. The act of sounding; auscultation
   • Soundage, inflation and gastric diaphany may give information as valuable as that obtained by radiography.1921, William MacLennan, A Manual of Diseases of the Stomach, page 90
5. The therapeutic application of sound waves.
   • It is simple; for it is ordinarily nothing more than a skillful, uterine, therapeutical soundage.1888, G. Apostoli, “On the Treatment of Fibroid Tumours of the Uterus by Delectricity”, in The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery, page 209
6. Dues paid for soundings.