[f. WAGON sb. or v. + -AGE.]
1. Conveyance or transport by wagon.
1609. Holland, Amm. Marcell., 137. The great losses they had by waggonage and other carriage.
1611. Cotgr., Chariotage, waggonnage; the riding in, or carrying by, wagons, &c.
1756. Washington, Lett., Writ. 1889, I. 309. The demands he has had on account of … wagonage of all the flour and stores from Conococheague.
1770. in M. Cutler, Life, Jrnls. & Corr. (1888), II. 493. In Pennsylvania, where wagonage is cheaper than in any other part of North America.
2. Money paid for conveyance by wagon.
1757. Washington, Lett., Writ. 1889, I. 491. The amount of waggonage and other charges of transporting these provisions … will exceed the whole cost of the provisions.
1779. T. Jefferson, Corr., Wks. 1859, I. 216. Wagonage, indeed, seems to the commissariat an article not worth economising.
3. A collection or train of wagons.
1864. Carlyle, Fredk. Gt., XVI. xiv. IV. 479. Wagonage, provender, and a piece or two of cannon.
