wagonage

[ wag-uh-nij ]

noun

, Archaic.

1. transportation or conveyance by wagon.
2. money paid for this.
3. a group of wagons; wagon train.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wagonage¹

First recorded in 1600–10; wagon + -age

Example Sentences

Wagonage, indeed, seems to the commissariat, an article not worth economizing.

From Project Gutenberg

Washington and his Hundred-and-fifty—wagonage, provender and a piece or two of cannon, all well attended to—vigorously climbed the Mountains; got to the top 27th May, 1754; and there MET the Thirty-three in retreat homewards!

From Project Gutenberg