Meanings
plural cranages
- countableuncountableThe use of a crane to hoist goods.
If Goods are to be brought Home to your own House , there are Charges for Weighage, Cranage, Porterage, Wharfage, Cartage, Lighterage, &c.
1738, William Markham, A General Introduction to Trade and Business1 more example
On the short sea route there was continued demand for non-containerised traffic, and a trans-shipment depot was established by an independent haulier at Stranraer in 1979, with overhead cranage to handle steel products from Teesside that justified running a daily Speedlink service from north east England.
2020 November 18, Industry Insider, “Improving rail connectivity”, in Rail, page 68 - countableuncountableFees paid for use of the crane.
Origin
- Middle Englishcranage
- Englishcranage
From Middle English cranage, from crane + -age.
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cranage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cranage
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