Cliffage
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The right to quarry limestone from the cliffs of the Gower, or the payment charged for this right. South-Wales, historical
"The quarrymen received eighteen pence per ton , which covered drilling, blasting and transporting the stone to theb foreshore. Of this sum, a tithe was payable to the lord of the manor as cliffage. A bailiff had been appointed in each manor since the 17th century to collect cliffage, keelage, and customs charges on exported animals. Each ship that berthed on the foreshore was charged four pence Keelage […]"
- 2 Cliffs, collectively. uncommon
"To the north rose the dull cliffage of Newfoundland, bleak and gray-green - yet a streak of companionship in this vast loneliness. As we neared the summit of La Grande Vigie we obtained a good view of the other islands of the group ..."
Example
More examples"The quarrymen received eighteen pence per ton , which covered drilling, blasting and transporting the stone to theb foreshore. Of this sum, a tithe was payable to the lord of the manor as cliffage. A bailiff had been appointed in each manor since the 17th century to collect cliffage, keelage, and customs charges on exported animals. Each ship that berthed on the foreshore was charged four pence Keelage […]"
Etymology
From cliff + -age.
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