Lastage
Lastage , noun
[English lestage ballasting, from lest ballast, or Late Latin lastagium, lestagium. See Last a load.]
1.
A duty exacted, in some fairs or markets, for the right to carry things where one will. [Obsolete]
2.
A tax on wares sold by the last. [Obsolete] — Cowell
3.
The lading of a ship; also, ballast. — Spelman
4.
Room for stowing goods, as in a ship.