Definition of "lockage" in English

noun

1. Materials for locks in a canal.

2. The works forming a canal lock or locks.

3. A toll or fee paid for transporting a vessel through the locks of a canal.

4. (archaic) The total height difference (elevation and descent) made by the locks of a canal.

   • 1829, De Witt Clinton, a letter
   • The entire lockage will be about fifty feet.

5. The use or transit of a canal lock.

6. (colloquial) A situation where things lock together.