lockage

A noun referring to a fee charged for passage through a lock in a canal or waterway, a system of locks, or the act of passing through such a lock.

• 🇫🇷Substantif désignant le droit ou la taxe à payer pour le passage d'un bateau par une écluse dans un canal ou une voie navigable, l'ensemble des écluses, ou l'action même de franchir une telle écluse.

1. Fee for passage C1 formal

   A charge or toll levied for a vessel to pass through a lock in a canal or waterway.

   • The captain paid the lockage before entering the canal.
   • Lockage fees vary depending on the size of the boat.
   • They calculated the total lockage for the entire journey.

   🇫🇷Droit de passage d'écluse

   Synonymes: toll

2. System of locks C1 formal

   The entire set of locks within a canal or waterway, used to raise and lower vessels between different water levels.

   • The Panama Canal has an extensive lockage system.
   • Engineers designed the lockage to handle large cargo ships.
   • The lockage was upgraded to improve water efficiency.

   🇫🇷ensemble des écluses d'un canal

3. Act of passing through C1 formal

   The process or act of a vessel moving through a lock in a canal or waterway.

   • Lockage took about thirty minutes for the small boat.
   • The crew prepared for lockage by securing the lines.
   • Smooth lockage requires careful coordination with the lock operators.

   🇫🇷Passage d'une écluse

   Synonymes: passagetransit