[A traditional entry in Dictionaries, founded on obs. F. collerage: see quots.
1611. Cotgr., Droict de Collerage, Collerage, a fee due for the collers worne by the horses, or men, which draw wine vp and downe.
1678. Phillips, Collerage, a pecuniary mulct in France, exacted for the Collars worn by Wine-drawing-horses, or men.
1708–15. Kersey, Collarage, a Fine or Tax impos’d for Collars worn by Wine-drawing Horses.
1730–6. in Bailey; hence in mod. Dicts., some of which untruly add ‘formerly levied in England.’]
