RIVAGE

Etymology

Noun

rivage (plural rivages)

(now rare, poetic) A coast, a shore.

(legal, UK, historical) A duty paid to the crown for the passage of vessels on certain rivers.

Anagrams

• Argive, virgae

Source: Wiktionary


Riv"age, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. ripa bank, shore.]

1. A bank, shore, or coast. [Archaic] Spenser. From the green rivage many a fall Of diamond rillets musical. Tennyson.

2. (O.Eng.Law)

Definition: A duty paid to the crown for the passage of vessels on certain rivers.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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