Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
HAULAGE
draw, haul, haulage
(noun) the act of drawing or hauling something; “the haul up the hill went very slowly”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
haulage (countable and uncountable, plural haulages)
The act of hauling.
The business of transporting goods.
The charge levied for hauling or pulling a ship or boat.
Source: Wiktionary
Haul"age, n.
Definition: Act of hauling; as, the haulage of cars by an engine; charge for hauling.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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