[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- A coast, a shore; a riverbank. Now rare (chiefly poetic in later use).

- A toll for travelling or mooring on a river.


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English; earliest use found in Reinbrun. From Anglo-Norman and Middle French rivage (French rivage) seafront, riverbank, toll for landing goods on a riverbank from rive + -age. Compare post-classical Latin rivagium riverbank, river-toll, landing on a shore. Compare post-classical Latin ripaticus mooring-dues, riverbank, and also Old Occitan ribatge, Spanish † ribage, Italian † ripaggio, rivaggio