What does "shipping" mean?
Shipping: Relating to, or concerned in, the forwarding of goods; as, a shipping clerk.
Additional senses
- 2.The act of one who, or of that which, ships; as, the shipping of flour to Liverpool.
- 3.The collective body of ships in one place, or belonging to one port, country, etc.; vessels, generally; tonnage.
- 4.Navigation. "God send 'em good shipping." Shak. Shipping articles, articles of agreement between the captain of a vessel and the seamen on board, in respect to the amount of wages, length of time for which they are shipping, etc. Bouvier. -- To take shipping, to embark; to take ship. [Obs.] John vi.24. Shak.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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