driftage

[ drif-tij ]

/ ˈdrɪf tɪdʒ /

the action or an amount of drifting.

drifted matter.

Navigation. the amount of drift away from a set course as a result of wind and currents.

windage.

Origin of driftage

First recorded in 1760–70; drift + -age

Experience has given directions for its use, avoiding some of the grosser causes of error from driftage and other causes.

The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph |Henry M. (Henry Martyn) Field
Fuel coal is also too pure to have been accumulated by driftage.

The Elements of Geology |William Harmon Norton
Among the heaps of sea-weed there were sometimes small pieces of painted wood, bark, and other driftage.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 |Various

driftage

/ (ˈdrɪftɪdʒ) /

the act of drifting

matter carried along or deposited by drifting

the amount by which an aircraft or vessel has drifted from its intended course