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Webster 1913 Edition

Flotage

Flo′tage

,
Noun.
[OF.
flotage
, F.
flottage
, fr.
flotter
to float.]
1.
The state of floating.
2.
That which floats on the sea or in rivers.
[Written also
floatage
.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Flotage

FLO'TAGE

,
Noun.
That which floats on the sea, or on rivers. [Little used.]

Definition 2024

flotage

flotage

English

Alternative forms

Noun

flotage ‎(countable and uncountable, plural flotages)

  1. The state of floating.
  2. That which floats on the sea or in rivers.

Old French

Alternative forms

  • flotaige

Etymology

floter +‎ -age.

Noun

flotage m ‎(oblique plural flotages, nominative singular flotages, nominative plural flotage)

  1. act of diverting water from a river to a meadow or field

Synonyms

  • flotaison

References

  • (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (flotage)

Etymology

Old French flotage, French flottage, from flotter ‎(“to float”).

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