floatage

American  

[floh-tij] / ˈfloʊ tɪdʒ /

noun

1. flotage.

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floatage British  

/ ˈfləʊtɪdʒ /

noun

1. a variant spelling of flotage

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Etymology

Origin of floatage

First recorded in 1620–30

Example Sentences

It was slightly roiled and carried a floatage of broken twigs, torn leaves, with here and there a golden-green tulip-petal, like the broken wings of butterflies.

From Roof and Meadow by Sharp, Dallas Lore

This was one of the places where the Bruce, proudest of the lords of Cleveland, had “free fisheries, plantage, floatage, lagan, jetsom, derelict, and other maritime franchises.”

From A Month in Yorkshire by White, Walter

Still she rose up till her ports, with her guns, and at last the whole of her floatage was above water, and there she remained close to them, with her main-yard squared, and hove-to.

From The Phantom Ship by Marryat, Frederick

Through this floatage Feliu detects a stir of life ... he swims to rescue a little baby fast in the clutch of her dead mother.

From Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman by Gould, George M. (George Milbrey)

Behind it also came all the ruin of the mill that had any floatage, and bodies of bears and great hogs and cattle, some of them alive, but the most part dead.

From Erema — My Father's Sin by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)