labourage

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noun

The loading or unloading of a ship's cargo.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

nounlabourage (uncountable)
  1. dateduncountableThe loading or unloading of a ship's cargo.
  2. obsoleteuncountableThe wage for labour.
  3. uncountableWorkplace; the place where one labors.
    1 more example

    The Commissars of Edinburgh were found not to have Right to confirm the Testament of a person dying in Edinburgh, albeit he had dwelt there half a year, and had a house taken for a year, furnished with his own plenishing, and his wife and whole children there, not being in it animo remanendi, but about his aflairs, but that the confirmation was to be where his chief Residence, or his labourage, and most of his servants were, February 7, 1672.

    1687, The Decisions of the Lords of Council & Session
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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