boomage

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noun

A fee charged by the owner of a boom for its use in storing logs.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

nounboomage (usually uncountable, plural boomages)

plural boomages

  1. uncountableusuallyA fee charged by the owner of a boom for its use in storing logs.

    The cost of getting logs from the stump to the various sawmills, including cutting, hauling, driving, boomage, shorage, tolls, and other expenses, is, on an average, from $8 to $8.50 per 1000 feet. The average cost of stumpage is $2

    1895, Congressional serial set, United States. Government Printing Office, page 177
  2. uncountableusuallyA fee charged for the use of the area where a boom is tied.

Origin

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Chicago

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