lestage

French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French lastage (“ballast”), from Medieval Latin lestagium (“tax imposed on a ship's lading”), from Old English hlæst (“load, freight”), from Proto-Germanic *hlastą, *hlastuz (“load, burden”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (“to put, lay out”). Cognate with Old High German hlast, hlesti (“load”) (German Last). More at lade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛs.taʒ/

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Noun

lestage m (plural lestages)

1. (nautical) ballasting

Related terms

• lest
• lester

Further reading

• “lestage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• gelâtes