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haulage|ˈhɔːlɪdʒ|
[f. as haul n. + -age.]
1. The action or process of hauling or pulling; the traction or conveyance of a load in a wagon or other vehicle; the amount of force expended in hauling (quot. 1883).
1826J. Adamson Sk. Inform. Rail-roads 39 The company have actually let the haulage of their coal. 1857Smiles Stephenson ix. 81 The haulage was both tedious and expensive. 1883Manch. Exam. 7 Nov. 5/5 The impossible gradient of one in 25..is.. denounced..as the haulage would have to be trebled, and three horses employed in place of one.
2. The expense of or charge for hauling.
1864in Webster. 1869Sat. Rev. 19 June 822 He estimates his pair of cottages..at 205l. plus the haulage.
3. ‘A traction-way’ (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk.).
4. attrib. and Comb., as haulage clip (see quot. 1883), haulage-engine, haulage-power, haulage-road, haulage-rope, haulage-work.
1864Reader 7 May 594 The diminution of haulage power owing to the wheels becoming rail-bound. 1883Gresley Gloss. Coal Mining, Haulage Clip, levers, jaws, wedges, etc., by which trams, singly or in trains, are connected to the hauling ropes. 1896Mrs. H. Ward Sir G. Tressady 555 The air in the haulage road was clearing fast. 1909Daily Chron. 16 Sept. 1/3 A haulage engine..was taking a load of bricks up the steep gradient. Ibid. 30 Sept. 1/5 The flood carried away the haulage engine at the entrance of the level. |