lockage

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Materials for locks in a canal.
2. noun The works forming a canal lock or locks.
3. noun A toll or fee paid for transporting a vessel through the locks of a canal.
4. noun The total height difference (elevation and descent) made by the locks of a canal.

   The entire lockage will be about fifty feet.

5. noun The use or transit of a canal lock.
6. noun A situation where things lock together.

Similar words

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Often followed by

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