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Definition of Keelage
1. n. The right of demanding a duty or toll for a ship entering a port; also, the duty or toll.
Definition of Keelage
1. Noun. The right of demanding a duty or toll for a ship entering port. ¹
2. Noun. The duty or toll charged for a ship entering port. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Keelage
1. the amount paid to keep a boat in a harbor [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Keelage
Literary usage of Keelage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law by Great Britain Bail Court (1872)
"15s. to the corporation ; calf skins by act of parliament for the market; keelage
dues, pitching or tolls of fairs and markets, and other accustomed town ..."
2. Report and Transactions by Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art (1906)
"And for smaller boats rate of keelage was fourpence or some such sum, one half
in right of Lynton and other half in right of Countisbury, which rates owners ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Queen's Bench: And by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1856)
"The Corporation are also entitled to and receive, in addition to the tolls or
dues in question, keelage and moorage, ... The keelage (sometimes called ..."
4. The Revised Reports: Being a Republication of Such Cases in the English by Frederick Pollock, Robert Campbell, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead, Great Britain Courts (1908)
"... question is now raised in respect thereto : and it is not necessary to refer
more particularly to any of them with the exception of keelage and moorage. ..."
5. Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia by John Bouvier, Francis Rawle (1914)
"keelage. The right of demanding money for the bottom of ships resting in a port
... The money so paid is also called keelage. KEELS. This word is applied, ..."
6. A Law Dictionary: Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States by John Bouvier (1843)
"keelage, the right of demanding money for the bottom of ships resting in a port
... The money so paid, is also called keelage. KEELS. This word is applied, ..."
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