ferriage
conveyance or transportation by a ferryboat.
the fare charged for ferrying.
Origin of ferriage
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How to use ferriage in a sentence
After crossing the Green by another iron bridge substituted for rope-ferriage, our first important station will be Fort Bridger.
The Leinster was a passenger ship, employed in regular service on a long ferriage.
America's War for Humanity | Thomas Herbert RussellThere is no reason why a ferry should not be kept here at a reasonable rate, for ferriage.
Across the Plains to California in 1852 | Lodisa FrizellIt had cost almost a quarter then, with the ferriage and toll-gates, if you walked to Newark.
A Little Girl of Long Ago | Amanda Millie DouglasIt was a long six-mile ferriage across Rossignol and we could devote our waste time to getting over.
The Tent Dwellers | Albert Bigelow Paine
British Dictionary definitions for ferriage
/ (ˈfɛrɪɪdʒ) /
transportation by ferry
the fee charged for passage on a ferry
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