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tranship less commonly transship, v.|trɑːnˈʃɪp, træn-|, |trɑːnsˈʃɪp, træns-|
[f. trans- + ship v.]
1. trans. To transfer from one ship to another; also transf., from one railway train or other conveyance to another. Also absol.
1792Ld. Macartney Jrnl. in Barrow Life (1807) II. 180 All the baggage and presents [were] put on board the large junks, to be transshipped into smaller ones. 1797― Emb. to China II. i. 4 In order to tranship them. 1802C. Robinson Adm. Cas. III. 247 He is not bound..either to tranship or to repair. 1813Wellington Let. 26 June in Gurw. Desp. (1839) X. 461, I am afraid it will be necessary to tranship the ordnance &c. into smaller vessels. 1846Addison On Contracts ii. ii. § 4 (1883) 494 If the vessel becomes disabled..the master is bound to tranship and forward the cargo, if he has the means of transhipment at hand. 1876Callis Cutlery 181 It was the practice of German manufacturers..to..transship them without allowing them to land. 1900Blackw. Mag. Oct. 559/1 He didn't give them time to trans⁓ship enough provisions.
2. intr. Of a passenger: To change from one ship or other conveyance to another.
1879R. J. Atcherley Boërland 264 At East London..we transhipped into the steamship African. 1892E. Reeves Homeward Bound 87 After going a mile or two we stopped, got out, and transhipped into another train. 1892Daily News 18 Oct. 5/6 Passengers going by her had not to trans⁓ship either at Hong Kong or Shanghai. 1895Ramsay Paul the Trav. 283 He [Paul] had to transship in Troas.
3. Comb. in which ˈtranship is app. = transhipment: as tranship-shed, a shed at a railway joint station for the transference of goods from one railway to another; tranship-train, a train running in connexion with a steamer into which the passengers tranship; tranship-van: see quot.
1903Westm. Gaz. 14 Jan. 5/1 We have ‘tranship’, or road-vans, specially appointed to work on branches and at stations where there is not the heavy traffic. These take goods from a certain starting-point to be delivered at a number of roadside stations. 1903Ibid. 21 Feb. 7/1 Inviting seven English and Scotch companies to co-operate in the matter of a tranship shed at Carlisle. 1904Daily News 22 Oct. 9 When near the new station at Talacre the engine of a heavy tranship train jumped an obstruction... The guard of the disabled tranship hurried Chesterwards.
Hence tranˈshipping vbl. n. (also attrib.).
1801Sir Wm. Scott in C. Robinson Adm. Cas. III. 259 If he [the master] had not the means of transhipping. 1816Tuckey Narr. Exped. R. Zaire iii. (1818) 88 The transhipping the stores..being finished. 1840Evid. Hull Docks Comm. 121 The transhipping of them, either by rafts or small vessels. 1892Nation (N.Y.) 1 Sept. 155/1 A better transshipping point. |