transship

[ trans-ship ]
/ trænsˈʃɪp /

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

Words related to transshipping

ship, dump, smuggle, transport, consign, freight, convey

Example sentences from the Web for transshipping

  • Jolo, however, remained an important port and a transshipping station to Mindanao until a late date.

    The History of Sulu |Najeeb M. Saleeby

  • They went to the agent's office, and after transshipping their cargo set out one morning for Don Luis' finca.

    Wyndham's Pal |Harold Bindloss

British Dictionary definitions for transshipping

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