kippage

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noun

Those sailing together on a ship, both crew and passengers.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounkippage (usually uncountable, plural kippages)

plural kippages

  1. ScotlandarchaichistoricaluncountableusuallyThose sailing together on a ship, both crew and passengers.

    To find a kippage for a convict ship was no easy matter, for many a seaman would heave sharp about at the prospect of signing on to a vessel with a cargo of cutthroats.

    2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 76
  2. ScotlandobsoleteuncountableusuallyConfusion, disorder.
  3. ScotlandobsoleteuncountableusuallyA fit of temper; rage.

Origin

  1. Frenchéquipage
  2. Englishkippage

An aphetic form of French équipage.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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