matelotage

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French matelotage.

Noun

matelotage (plural matelotages)

1. A social practice of same-sex civil union among seafarers in the 17th and 18th centuries.
2. An instance of such a union.

French

Etymology

From matelot +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.tlɔ.taʒ/

Noun

matelotage m (usually uncountable, plural matelotages)

1. seamanship

Further reading

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