Lockage

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lockage \Lock"age\, n.
     1. Materials for locks in a canal, or the works forming a
        lock or locks.
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     2. Toll paid for passing the locks of a canal.


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     3. Amount of elevation and descent made by the locks of a
        canal.
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              The entire lock will be about fifty feet. --De Witt
                                                    Clinton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lockage
       n 1: a fee charged for passage through a lock in a canal or
            waterway
       2: a system of locks in a canal or waterway
       3: passage through a lock in a canal or waterway