dockage

noun

dock·​age ˈdä-kij 

1

: a charge for the use of a dock

2

: the docking of ships

3

: docking facilities

Examples of dockage in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In business since 1986, Marine Group Boat Works is a full-service maritime vessel construction and repair company that covers more than 2,000 of dockage on San Diego Bay and employs 230 workers. —Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2025

An iconic lodge with cottages in historic Alice Town with dockage. —Bob Rountree, Sun Sentinel, 5 May 2025

All residents will have access to Pier Sixty-Six Marina, which will feature 5,000 linear feet of dockage and 164 slips for boats 40 to 400 feet. —Emma Reynolds, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024

Well in advance of the show’s opening, developers with projects to push and brokers with mansions to sell (especially with dockage in the back and waterfront views) talked up cocktail parties this month at high-end restaurants, as well as gatherings aboard yachts. —David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1648, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for dockage

• blockage
• lockage