Obs. [f. CUSTOMER 2 + -SHIP.] The office of a collector of customs.
1487. Act 3 Hen. VII., c. 7. The said … Office of Customership, Comptroller or Searcher.
1591. Percivall, Sp. Dict., Almoxarifadgo, the customership, custome.
1652. J. Wadsworth, trans. Sandoval’s Civ. Wars Spain, 216. Profitable rights, as … Subsidies, Customerships.
