The act of hauling something (as a vehicle) by means of a hitch or rope.
1 And when we rose not a word had been said about towage !
2 The problem has been solved by the introduction of the capstan navigation or towage .
3 Smit's harbour towage business was buoyed by a further rise in trade volumes in the global shipping sector.
4 He was sure to get his own extortionate terms out of me for towage whether he frowned or smiled.
5 The flowage vastly increased the extent of the deadwater, slowing the logs of the independents, whose towage methods were crude.
6 Sailing-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.
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