Definition of Tranship

1. v. t. Same as Transship.

Definition of Tranship

1. Verb. (transitive) To transfer goods from one ship or other conveyance to another. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive of goods) To be transferred from one ship or other conveyance to another. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tranship

1. to transfer from one conveyance to another [v -SHIPPED, -SHIPPING, -SHIPS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tranship

transgression
transgressional
transgressions
transgressive
transgressively
transgressiveness
transgressor
transgressors
transgressour
transhape
transhaped
transhapes
transhaping
transhiatal
transhiatal oesophagectomy
tranship (current term)
transhipment
transhipments
transhipped
transhipping
tranships
transhistorical
transhistoricity
transhuman
transhumance
transhumances
transhumanism
transhumanist
transhumanists
transhumanize

Literary usage of Tranship

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dark Days in Chile: An Account of the Revolution of 1891 by Maurice H. Hervey (1892)
"... Station—La Serena— Moraga's Advice to Admiral Hotham—En Route for Iquique —Coaling at Sea—I tranship to the Condell—A Contrast— A Desperate Adventure—' ..."

2. Dark Days in Chile: An Account of the Revolution of 1891 by Maurice H. Hervey (1892)
"... Station—La Serena— Moraga's Advice to Admiral Hotham—En Route for Iquique —Coaling at Sea—I tranship to the Condell—A Contrast— A Desperate Adventure—' ..."

3. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1883)
"The vessel was then found disabled to proceed further, and the master rightfully exercised his power as master to tranship the cargo at the risk of the ..."

4. The Law Relating to the Sale of Goods and Commercial Agency by Robert Campbell (1881)
"... "Uy tranship the cargo, and it is his duty to carry the goods to their destination in this way, if practicable, rather than sell them (Cannan v. ..."

5. The Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, K. G., and His Times by Alexander Charles Ewald (1881)
"... i,1 trican* to land or tranship goods • l'avi ng them carried up to the camp. *»y* Mr, Kiii^luki-, "they too often remained wl»i<:hh;i<l „:;u:l,. ..."

6. Reports of the Cases Relating to Maritime Law: Decided by the Court of by John Crockford (1868)
"... therefore, the duly of the master to carry on or tranship the goods, or to deliver them at an intermediate port, must be ascertained by reference to ..."

7. Award of the Fishery Commission: Documents and Proceedings of the Halifax by Maurice Delfosse, Ensign Hosmer Kellogg, Alexander Tilloch Galt, United States Dept. of State (1878)
"... it was the custom then to tranship tbe fish and send them back by freighters, but this is not done now each vessel carries back its own catch to ..."

Other Resources:

Search for Tranship on Dictionary.com!Search for Tranship on Thesaurus.com!Search for Tranship on Google!Search for Tranship on Wikipedia!

Search