Middle English Dictionary Entry
crānāǧe n.
Entry Info
| Forms | crānāǧe n. |
| Etymology | From crā̆n(e n.(1). |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A charge made for the use of a crane for loading and unloading; also, income from such charges.
Associated quotations
- (1427-8) Grocer Lond.(Kingdon)167/7 : Item for stapulton stoon, Cranage, Wharuage, and cariage.
- (1463) Dower Pekham in Archaeol.74 (Gldh Hustings Roll 196(10))157 : All maner Wharffage, Cranage, and other proffites whiche shall come..of the same grounde called the Wharff and Crane.
- (a1468) Stonor Suppl.8 : For Cranage of to Tonne of Wyne, ij d.