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Keelage

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Keelage
    The right of demanding a duty or toll for a ship entering a port; also, the duty or toll.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) keelage
    The right of demanding a duty or toll for a ship entering a harbor; also, the duty so paid.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Keelage
    dues for a keel or ship in port
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary Cf. F. guillage, fr. guille, keel; of German or Scand origin. See 3d Keel

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary A.S. ceól, a ship; Ger. and Dut. kiel; prob. confused with Ice. kiölr, a keel.