† boatmanagen.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: boatman n., -age suffix.
Etymology: < boatman n. + -age suffix. Compare earlier petilodemanage n. and lodemanage n.
Obsolete.
society > travel > travel by water > seafaring life > [noun] > business or work of a sailor > working on specific type of craft
1633 A. Munday et al. (new ed.) 678/1 Any Boatman..that taketh more for Boatmanage..than is ordained.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2018).