Also 5 labourrage, 9 laborage. [a. F. labourage (12–13th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), f. labourer to LABOUR. In sense 3, f. LABOUR sb. + -AGE.]
† 1. Plowing; concr. plowed or cultivated land. Obs.
1475. Bk. Noblesse, 65. Labouragis and approwementis of londes and pastures. Ibid., 70. In tilieng, ering, and labourage of his londis to bere corne and fruit.
1502. Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W., 1506), IV. xxi. 286. Whiche by huntynges endomageth gretely cornes, grasse, or other labourages.
† 2. Laboring, labor, work. Obs.
1484. Caxton, Fables of Æsop, VI. x. (1889), 205. They retorned to theyr labourrage.
1660. Hexham, Dutch Dict., Arbeydinge, labourage, labouring, or taking paines.
3. Payment for labor.
1826. MS. Bill of John Earle, Hull, Laborage, Shipping, and Wharfage 4s.
1890. East. Morn. News, 14 Feb., 3/5. I allude specially to the question of labourage, which shows a very great increase.
