▪ I. billage, n.
(ˈbɪlɪdʒ)
A variant of bilge.
| 1627 Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. ii. 4 A ships Billage is the breadth of the floore when she doth lie aground. 1708 Harris Lexicon Techn., Bildge, of a Ship, is the bottom of her Floor..and Billage is the breadth of her Floor when she lies aground. |
▪ II. ˈbillage, v.
[See prec.]
To bilge.
| 1627 Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. ix. 41 The ship may..Billage on a rocke. 1628 Digby Voy. Medit. 43 My boate was billaged and all of vs tumbled in the sea. |