Etymology

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Today it means: Weights (often scrap or pig iron) used as permanent ballast on ships. Full definition →

Old French quintelage
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  1. Old French · derived fromquintelage“ballast”
  2. English todaykentledge

From Old French quintelage (“ballast”).

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