fraughtage

English

Etymology

From fraught +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹɔːtɪd͡ʒ/

Noun

fraughtage (uncountable)

1. (obsolete, nautical) freight; cargo
   • 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]:

     Our fraughtage, sir, I have convey'd aboard; and I have bought the oil, the balsamum and aqua-vitae.

   • 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.

References

• “fraughtage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.