transship

[ trans-ship ]

verb (used with object)

, trans·shipped, trans·ship·ping.

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

verb (used without object)

, trans·shipped, trans·ship·ping.

1. to change from one ship or other conveyance to another.

transship

/ trænsˈʃɪp /

verb

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

Derived Forms

• transˈshipment, noun

Other Words From

• trans·shipment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of transship¹

First recorded in 1785–95; trans- + ship ¹

Example Sentences

There the manœuvres, which were clearly in the nature of a trial trip, ended; and we hove to, to transship our passengers.

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

From Project Gutenberg

Or they could depend on the chance of meeting some vessel homeward bound, to which they could transship before reaching Honolulu.

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We had to transship to smaller boats to proceed to Basrah, about eighty miles inland.

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

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Related Words

• dump
• ship
• smuggle
• transport