Unloading
[ʌn'lod]
Definition
(noun.) the labor of taking a load of something off of or out of a vehicle or ship or container etc..
Checked by Helena--From WordNet
Examples
- In one part of the window was a picture of a red paper mill at which a cart was unloading a quantity of sacks of old rags. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Probably one of the best illustrations of the saving accomplished by means of a lifting magnet is its use in unloading pig iron from steamers. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The wharves of Ostia were chiefly busy unloading corn from Sicily and Africa and loot from all the world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The common practice is to attach a plank to the rear of the wagon, up which the men can walk with their arms full of fodder, which should be placed with tops all one way for ease in unloading. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Railway tracks run the full length of both crane-ways, facilitating the unloading and loading of supplies and parts. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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