towage

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

He's got to be a sharp on towage, because he's got to take risks in storms that drive an ocean-going tug to port.

From The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis

The flowage vastly increased the extent of the deadwater, slowing the logs of the independents, whose towage methods were crude.

From Joan of Arc of the North Woods by Day, Holman

It's up to the master of the tug very frequently whether, under such conditions, his task has been a mere towage job at the going rates or a salvage proposition to be settled in court.

From Cappy Ricks Or, the Subjugation of Matt Peasley by Kyne, Peter B. (Peter Bernard)

This we were told would demand the towage of the engine over the last three miles.

From Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons Wesel, Sennelager, Klingelputz, Ruhleben by Mahoney, Henry Charles

An' if I was you, I'd find out how much o' this two thousand dollars' towage he's goin' to distribute to his crew.

From Captain Scraggs or, The Green-Pea Pirates by Grant, Gordon