The act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope.
1And when we rose not a word had been said about towage!
2The problem has been solved by the introduction of the capstan navigation or towage.
3Smit's harbour towage business was buoyed by a further rise in trade volumes in the global shipping sector.
4He was sure to get his own extortionate terms out of me for towage whether he frowned or smiled.
5The flowage vastly increased the extent of the deadwater, slowing the logs of the independents, whose towage methods were crude.
6Sailing-vessels still take the Cape route, because the heavy towage tolls through the canal more than offset the gain in time.
7"Give any necessary instructions in regard to victualling and towage to the dockyard," he said.