Riv"age (?), n. [F., fr. L. ripa bank, shore.]
1.
A bank, shore, or coast.
[Archaic]
Spenser.
From the green rivage many a fall
Of diamond rillets musical.
Tennyson.
2. O.Eng.Law
A duty paid to the crown for the passage of vessels on certain rivers.
© Webster 1913.