Keelage
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
The right of demanding money for the bottom of ships resting in a port or harbor. The money so paid is also called "keelage." ship by means of ropes from the yard- arms; a punishment formerly practiced in the navy. Enc. Lond.