kippage

English

Etymology

Aphetic form of French équipage.

Noun

kippage (usually uncountable, plural kippages)

1. (chiefly Scotland, now rare, historical) Those sailing together on a ship, both crew and passengers.
   • 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 76:

     To find a kippage for a convict ship was no easy matter, for many a seaman would heave sharp about at the prospect of signing on to a vessel with a cargo of cutthroats.

2. (Scotland, obsolete) Confusion, disorder.
3. (Scotland, obsolete) A fit of temper; rage.