lastage
noun
last·age
-tij
plural -s
: a port duty for the privilege of loading a ship
Word History
Etymology
Middle English lestage tax levied on traders at fairs or markets, ballast of a ship, from Middle French lastage, lestage ballast of a ship, lastage, from laster to ballast (from Old Frisian hlesta to load & Middle Dutch lasten to load; akin to each other and both descended from a prehistoric denominative from the root of Old English hlæst load) + -age
First Known Use
13th century, in the meaning defined above