fraughtage en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈfɹɔːtɪd͡ʒ/
Etymology
From fraught + -age.
Meanings
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(obsolete, uncountable) freight; cargo
c. 1610-1614, William Rowley (attributed), A New Wonder, a Woman Never Vexed our ships are so near return, as laden on the Downs with such a wealthy fraughtage.
Our fraughtage, sir, I have convey'd aboard; and I have bought the oil, the balsamum and aqua-vitae.
c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]: