rare. [f. KEEL sb.1 + -AGE; in med.L. killagium.] A toll or due payable by a ship on entering or anchoring in a harbor.

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[1409.  in Rymer Fœdera, VIII. 573. Capit ibi Killagiuim, scilicet de qualibet Navi cum Batello applicante ibi, Octo Denarios [etc.].]

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1679.  Blount, Anc. Tenures, 146. Keelage, whereby he had by custom what is here expressed for the Keel of every ship, that came into his sea-port with a boat.

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1685.  Termes de la Ley, Keelage … is a Custom paid at Hartlepool in Durham, for every Ship coming into that Port.

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1825.  Brockett, Keelage, keel dues in port.

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