Cubage. World English Historical Dictionary

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[f. CUBE sb. or v. + -AGE. Cf. F. cubage.] The determination of the cubic content of a solid; the cubic content thus determined.

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1840.  T. A. Trollope, Summer in Brittany, II. 87. It has been calculated by the cubage of it to weigh 195,740 pounds (French).

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1885.  Athenæum, 12 Sept., 340/1. The experiments with Dr. Ranke’s bronze skull, tending to settle the vexed question of the best method of cubage.

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