lockage

== English == === Etymology === From lock +‎ -age. === Noun === lockage (countable and uncountable, plural lockages) Materials for locks in a canal. The works forming a canal lock or locks. A toll or fee paid for transporting a vessel through the locks of a canal. (archaic) The total height difference (elevation and descent) made by the locks of a canal. Synonyms: lift, canal lift 1829, De Witt Clinton, a letter The entire lockage will be about fifty feet. The use or transit of a canal lock. (colloquial) A situation where things lock together. === References === “lockage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.