transship

[ trans-ship ]

/ trænsˈʃɪp /

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verb (used with object), trans·shipped, trans·ship·ping.

to transfer from one ship, truck, freight car, or other conveyance to another.

verb (used without object), trans·shipped, trans·ship·ping.

to change from one ship or other conveyance to another.

Also tranship.

Origin of transship

First recorded in 1785–95; trans- + ship¹

OTHER WORDS FROM transship

trans·ship·ment, noun

Words nearby transship

transracial, transrectification, transrectifier, transsexual, transsexualism, transship, transsonic, transsynaptic degeneration, transthoracic, transthoracic esophagectomy, transthoracic plane

Example sentences from the Web for transship

An examination was made, and the agents decided to transship the emigrants.

The Best Short Stories of 1915 |Various
There the manœuvres, which were clearly in the nature of a trial trip, ended; and we hove to, to transship our passengers.

The Riddle of the Sands |Erskine Childers
We had to transship to smaller boats to proceed to Basrah, about eighty miles inland.

With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia |One of its Officer
Or they could depend on the chance of meeting some vessel homeward bound, to which they could transship before reaching Honolulu.

Bert Wilson, Wireless Operator |J. W. Duffield

In fact, I'd like you to take the schooner to the next port and transship the cargo.

Wyndham's Pal |Harold Bindloss

British Dictionary definitions for transship

transship

tranship

/ (trænsˈʃɪp) /

verb -ships, -shipping or -shipped

to transfer or be transferred from one vessel or vehicle to another

Derived forms of transship

transshipment or transhipment, noun

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transship

verb (used with object), trans·shipped, trans·ship·ping.

verb (used without object), trans·shipped, trans·ship·ping.

Origin of transship

OTHER WORDS FROM transship

Words nearby transship

Example sentences from the Web for transship

British Dictionary definitions for transship

tranship

verb -ships, -shipping or -shipped

Derived forms of transship

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

transship

verb (used with object), trans·shipped, trans·ship·ping.

verb (used without object), trans·shipped, trans·ship·ping.

Origin of transship

OTHER WORDS FROM transship

Words nearby transship

Words related to transship

Example sentences from the Web for transship

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tranship

verb -ships, -shipping or -shipped

Derived forms of transship

British Dictionary definitions for transship