Riv'age noun [ French, from Latin 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 v... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/86