A ship or ships for the use or accommodation of a person or thing. in phrases: †to do shipping, dight shipping, put to shipping, to put on board; to t…

To put or take (persons or things) on board ship; to cause (a person) to embark; to place (goods) in a ship for transportation.

transitive. To put or take on board ship. Obsolete.

transitive. To put on board a boat.

To put on board ship, make to go on board.

transitive. To succeed in bringing or putting on board; to put or load on to a vessel or (in recent use) a train, vehicle, or aircraft (cf. aboard…

transitive. To draw or receive in; to take inside or on board; to swallow or inhale; to absorb.

transitive. To embark.

transitive. To put into a ship; to ship; to embark.

transitive. To take on board; to receive (passengers or cargo).