fraughtage

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/ˈfɹɔːtɪd͡ʒ/

noun

freight; cargo

“c. 1610-1614, William Rowley (attributed), A New Wonder, a Woman Never Vexed our ships are so near return, as laden on the Downs with such a wealthy fraughtage.”

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Meanings

nounfraughtage (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountablenauticalfreight; cargo

    c. 1610-1614, William Rowley (attributed), A New Wonder, a Woman Never Vexed our ships are so near return, as laden on the Downs with such a wealthy fraughtage.

    1 more example

    Our fraughtage, sir, I have convey'd aboard; and I have bought the oil, the balsamum and aqua-vitae.

    c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ii]

Origin

From fraught + -age.

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fraughtage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fraughtage

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“fraughtage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fraughtage. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fraughtage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fraughtage.

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