noun
- Plural of keelage; a fee or tax paid for the right to bring a ship into a port or harbor.
Usage: nautical; historical; chiefly British
Examples
- Medieval merchants had to pay keelages when their vessels entered the harbor.
- The town's revenue from keelages helped maintain the docks and breakwaters.
- Keelages were a common source of income for port authorities in the Middle Ages.