1A coast, a shore; a riverbank. Now rare (chieflypoetic in later use).
2A toll for travelling or mooring on a river. historical.
Only with reference to or in translations of various medieval charters, as a rendering of Latin rivagium..
Origin
Middle English; earliest use found in Reinbrun. From Anglo-Norman and Middle French rivage (French rivage) seafront, riverbank, toll for landing goods on a riverbank from rive + -age. Compare post-classical Latin rivagium riverbank, river-toll, landing on a shore. Compare post-classical Latin ripaticus mooring-dues, riverbank, and also Old Occitan ribatge, Spanish †ribage, Italian †ripaggio, rivaggio.