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Definition of Flotage
1. n. The state of floating.
Definition of Flotage
1. Noun. The state of floating. ¹
2. Noun. That which floats on the sea or in rivers. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Flotage
1. the act of floating [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flotage
Literary usage of Flotage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. French Forest Ordinance of 1669: With Historical Sketch of Previous by France (1883)
"... fisheries, and other edifices within the limits of navigable and flotage
rivers, without having obtained our permission, or that of our predecessors, ..."
2. A Cyclopædic Dictionary of the Mang'anja Language Spoken in British Central by David Clement Ruffelle Scott (1892)
"... sticks and straws, anil trailing flotage carried down a river in flood ; also
liko- ... stream straws and flotage. ..."
3. Bulletin by United States (1918)
"The New Jersey lighterage case. Needs for union lighterage service. Cost of
delivering railroad freight at New York. Bush, flotage cost. ..."
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