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Webster 1913 Edition


Pilotage

Pi′lot-age

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
pilotage
.]
1.
The pilot’s skill or knowledge, as of coasts, rocks, bars, and channels.
[Obs.]
Sir W. Raleigh.
2.
The compensation made or allowed to a pilot.
3.
Guidance, as by a pilot.
Sir W. Scott.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pilotage

PI'LOTAGE

,
Noun.
The compensation made or allowed to one who directs the course of a ship.
1.
The pilot's skill or knowledge of coasts, rocks, bars and channels. [Not now used.]

Definition 2024


pilotage

pilotage

English

Noun

pilotage (plural pilotages)

  1. the use of landmarks to guide a vessel or aircraft to its destination
  2. the occupation of a pilot
  3. the fee paid to a pilot

French

Noun

pilotage m (plural pilotages)

  1. pilotage (all senses); piloting