arrivage
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English a-rivage, arryvage, aryvage, from Anglo-Norman aryvage and/or Middle French arivage; equivalent to arrive + -age.[1]
Noun edit
arrivage (countable and uncountable, plural arrivages)
- (obsolete) An arrival, especially one by ship or boat.
- 1611, Iohn Speed [i.e., John Speed], “Stephen, the Two and Fortieth Monarch of the English-men: His Raigne, Acts, and Issue”, in The History of Great Britaine under the Conquests of yͤ Romans, Saxons, Danes and Normans. […], London: […] William Hall and John Beale, for John Sudbury and George Humble, […], →OCLC, book IX ([Englands Monarchs] […]), paragraph 19, page 448, column 2:
- The place of her arriuage was at the port of Arundell, into which Caſtle ſhee was ioyfully receiued by William de Albeny, who had married Queen Adeliza, the late wife to King Henry, whoſe Dowrie it was; […]
References edit
- ^ “arrivage, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
arrivage m (plural arrivages)
Further reading edit
- “arrivage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.