kippage

noun — 3 senses

noun

Etymology Aphetic form of French équipage.

Scotland, Archaic, Historical, Usually Those sailing together on a ship, both crew and passengers.

To find a kippage for a convict ship was no easy matter, for many a seaman would heave sharp about at the prospect of signing on to a vessel with a cargo of cutthroats.2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin, published 2015, page 76:

Scotland, Obsolete, Usually Confusion, disorder.

Scotland, Obsolete, Usually A fit of temper; rage.

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