lastage

noun

1. A duty exacted, in some fairs or markets, for the right to carry things where one will.

   countable, obsolete, uncountable

2. A tax on wares sold by the last.

   countable, obsolete, uncountable

   The better regulation of lastage and ballastage in the Thames.

3. The lading of a ship; ballast.

   countable, obsolete, uncountable

   All maner of shyppes[…]shall brynge with them all theyr lastage of good stones.

4. Room for stowing goods, as in a ship.

   countable, obsolete, uncountable

Where it comes from

From lestage (“ballasting”), from lest (“ballast”), or Latin lastagium, lestagium. See last (“a load”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry lastage (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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