Meanings
plural arrivages
- countableobsoleteuncountableAn arrival, especially one by ship or boat.
The place of her arriuage was at the port of Arundell, into which Caſtle ſhee was ioyfully receiued by William de Albeny, who had married Queen Adeliza, the late wife to King Henry, whoſe Dowrie it was; […]
1611, Iohn Speed [i.e., John Speed], “Stephen, the Two and Fortieth Monarch of the English-men: His Raigne, Acts, and Issue”, in The History of Great Britaine under the Conquests of yͤ Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans. […], London: […] William Hall and John Beale, for John Sudbury and George Humble, […], →OCLC, book IX ([Englands Monarchs] […]), paragraph 19, page 448, column 2
Origin
- Middle Frencharivage
- Anglo-Normanaryvage
- Middle Englisha-rivage
- Englisharrivage
From Middle English a-rivage, arryvage, aryvage, from Anglo-Norman aryvage and/or Middle French arivage; equivalent to arrive + -age.
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arrivage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arrivage
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