floatage noun. ['flǝʊtɪdʒ] Also flotage. E17.
[from FLOAT noun, verb + -AGE.]
1. The action or state of floating. E17.

2. (The right of appropriating) flotsam; floating masses. E17.

3. a. collect. Ships etc. afloat on a river. M19.
b. The part of a ship above the water-line; freeboard. M19.

4. Floating power, buoyancy. L19.

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