Lockage

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Materials for locks in a canal. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    passage through a lock in a canal or waterway wordnet
  3. 3
    The works forming a canal lock or locks. countable, uncountable

    "This line had been constructed as provided for in the Act of incorporation of May 7, 1794, to avoid the use of lockage on the branch canals authorised as feeders to the main waterway."

  4. 4
    a system of locks in a canal or waterway wordnet
  5. 5
    A toll or fee paid for transporting a vessel through the locks of a canal. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    a fee charged for passage through a lock in a canal or waterway wordnet
  2. 7
    The total height difference (elevation and descent) made by the locks of a canal. archaic, countable, uncountable

    "1829, De Witt Clinton, a letter"

  3. 8
    The use or transit of a canal lock. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A situation where things lock together. colloquial, countable, uncountable

    "But first, a bunch of songs, some down-home cracker-barrel advice, a few gallons of lemonade, pratfalls and cornball humour and her first onscreen kiss — which begins barely half in camera range and moves out of sight before real lip lockage commences."

Synonyms

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canal liftlift

Example

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"This line had been constructed as provided for in the Act of incorporation of May 7, 1794, to avoid the use of lockage on the branch canals authorised as feeders to the main waterway."

Etymology

From lock + -age.

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