ferriage

[ fer-ee-ij ]

noun

1. conveyance or transportation by a ferryboat.
2. the fare charged for ferrying.

ferriage

/ ˈfɛrɪɪdʒ /

noun

1. transportation by ferry
2. the fee charged for passage on a ferry

Word History and Origins

Origin of ferriage¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; ferry, -age

Example Sentences

At the crossing of the River Sile, near Treviso, the party, with true Observantine austerity, had no money to pay ferriage, and the surly ferryman refused free transportation; but Capistrano quietly took the habit of San Bernardino, which he carried with him, laid it upon the waters, and they shrank away till all had passed dry-shod, when they resumed their former volume.

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By noon, however, the last ferriage was successfully made, and they had repacked and were ready to go on again as soon as they had eaten a "bite."

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Yet the snow-flakes had come, and were thick about them, before the second ferriage had been made, and the wet and ice-clogged boat was lifted out of the water.

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"If we had only known enough to have made us a good boat of this shape before starting, we should have got along much better," Aleck told them, and they all agreed with him, talking it over while they picked a few lean, and very cool bird-bones for luncheon before beginning the ferriage.

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It would seem that double tolls had been demanded on certain days; and in 1783, when the names of the ferrymen were presented to the town for approval, it was agreed, on their not taking double ferriage on those days, and their faithful promise to the same, to approbate them.

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