lastage Meaning, Definition & Usage

Last"age noun
Etymology
E. lestage ballasting, fr. lest ballast, or LL. lastagium, lestagium. See Last a load.
Definitions
  1. A duty exacted, in some fairs or markets, for the right to carry things where one will. Obs.
  2. A tax on wares sold by the last. Obs. Cowell.
  3. The lading of a ship; also, ballast. Spelman.
  4. Room for stowing goods, as in a ship.

Webster 1913