tonnage

  • 51tonnage opening — noun : an opening left in a deck for bringing the space covered within the exemptions of a rule for calculating tonnage …

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  • 52tonnage train — noun : a freight train that is operated only when a definite tonnage of freight has accumulated …

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  • 53tonnage — noun Etymology: in sense 1, from Middle English, from Anglo French, from tonne tun; in other senses, from 1ton more at tunnel Date: 15th century 1. a duty formerly levied on every tun of wine imported into England 2. a. a duty or impost on… …

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  • 54tonnage — noun ˈtɐnɪdʒ a) The number of tons of water that a floating ship displaces. b) The capacity of a ships hold etc in units of 100 cubic feet …

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  • 55Tonnage — Duty levied on imported wine arriving in tuns or casks, after the 13c …

    Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • 56tonnage — Synonyms and related words: accommodation, argosy, avoirdupois, beef, beefiness, bottoms, burden, capacity, carriage, cartage, content, cordage, deadweight, drayage, expressage, fatness, fleet, flotilla, freight, freightage, gravity, gross weight …

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  • 57Tonnage — (Schiffsvermessung, von Tonne ), Bezeichnung fur den Rauminhalt beziehungsweise fur die Tragfahigkeit oder Wasserverdrangung eines Schiffes …

    Maritimes Wörterbuch

  • 58Tonnage — (Skibs)drægtighed, (tit) skibe, skibs rumindhold …

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  • 59tonnage — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. load, burden, cargo, capacity, contents …

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  • 60Tonnage — Ton|na|ge 〈 [ ʒə] f.; Gen.: , Pl.: n〉 in Registertonnen gemessener Rauminhalt (eines Schiffes) [Etym.: frz.] …

    Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch