WAINAGE

Etymology

Noun

wainage (countable and uncountable, plural wainages)

(UK, legal, obsolete) Gainage; the team and implements necessary for the cultivation of land.

A finding of carriages, carts, etc, for the transportation of goods or produce.

Anagrams

• Gawaine

Source: Wiktionary


Wain"age (; 48), n. Etym: [From Wain.]

Definition: A finding of carriages, carts, etc., for the transportation of goods, produce, etc. Ainsworth.

Wain"age, n. (O. Eng. Law)

Definition: See Gainage, a.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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