Meaning of lastage | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A duty exacted, in some fairs or markets, for the right to carry things where one will.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
2. A tax on wares sold by the last.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
3. The lading of a ship; ballast.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
4. Room for stowing goods, as in a ship.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable

Examples

“The better regulation of lastage and ballastage in the Thames.”

“All maner of shyppes[…]shall brynge with them all theyr lastage of good stones.”

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