cranage
(ˈkreɪnɪdʒ)
Also 5 crainage, 6 kranage, (craneagh).
[f. crane + -age.]
The use of a crane to hoist goods; dues paid for the use of a crane.
| 1481–90 Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.) 43 Item, [for] warfage j. d. Item, [for] crainage vj. d. 1532 Churchw. Acc. Heybridge, Essex (Nichols 1797) 182 For the claper and yern worke of the gret bell 6s. 8d; for Cranage 2d. 1607 J. Cowell Interpr., Cranage is a liberty to use a crane for the drawing up of wares from the vessels. 1641 W. Hakewill Libertie of Subject 123 For example, Wharfage, Cranage, Scavage, and such like. 1804 Denholm Tour to Lakes 141 The dues of cranage at the quays. 1887 W. Hunt Bristol 209 The port dues, wharfage, cranage, and the like. |