Shipping
['ʃɪpɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry.
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ship
(a.) Relating to ships, their ownership, transfer, or employment; as, shiping concerns.
(a.) Relating to, or concerned in, the forwarding of goods; as, a shipping clerk.
(n.) The act of one who, or of that which, ships; as, the shipping of flour to Liverpool.
(n.) The collective body of ships in one place, or belonging to one port, country, etc.; vessels, generally; tonnage.
(n.) Navigation.
Checker: Patty
Examples
- Strange shipping became more frequent, passing the Japanese headlands; sometimes ships were wrecked and sailors brought ashore. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But I knew well enough how to 'shoot' the bridge after seeing it done, and so began to row about among the shipping in the Pool, and down to Erith. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- A part of the second floor is devoted to the storage and the shipping of parts to branches and agents. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I saw these advertisements about harpooners, and high wages, so I went to the shipping agents, and they sent me here. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The coal had to be hauled from the pit of the colliery to the shipping place. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I suppose he saw me glancing about the room in search of some tokens of Shipping, or capital, for he added, In the City. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- In succession are the chutes on which the crates of fenders are sent down from the fourth floor of the main factory building to the shipping platform. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The shipping of the Ionian Greeks seems still to be drawn up on the further shore, but it is all very far away. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Just write a couple of messages for me: 'Sumner, Shipping Agent, Ratcliff Highway. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- As they grew they strained more and more at the feeble and uncertain link of shipping that joined them. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- And this schedule reaches out into the shipping and mailing departments, so arranging it that the first copies off the press are speeded to the far sections of the country. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Chinese shipping was upon the seas, and there was a considerable overseas trade during that time. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It had been a fine bright day, but had become foggy as the sun dropped, and I had had to feel my way back among the shipping, pretty carefully. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Ph?nician shipping under Egyptian owners was making its way into the East Indies and perhaps even further into the Pacific. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We had agreed to descend the Rhine in a boat from Strasburgh to Rotterdam, whence we might take shipping for London. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
Edited by Leah