单词 | freighter |
释义 | freightern. 1. a. ‘One who loads a ship, or one who charters and loads a ship’ (W.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > one who transports goods by water fraughtsman1487 freighter1622 affreighter1653 water carrier1707 shipper1755 1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 138 And hereupon C.D. the Merchant and Fraightor, doth likewise couenant with the said Master..that he..will lade or cause to be laden..the said Ship. 1665 S. Pepys Diary 22 Mar. (1972) VI. 63 Abundance of most ingenious men, owners and freighters of the Experiment. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. vii. 70 The Freighter, who was a Mahometan, delayed paying the Freight long after it was due by the Tenor of the Charter-party. 1848 J. Arnould Law Marine Insurance I. i. x. 261 It was stipulated by the Charter-party that the freighters should pay for the use of the ship. b. One who consigns goods for carriage inland. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport of goods in a vehicle > [noun] > conveyor of goods by vehicle carriera1395 common carrier1465 loader1476 conductora1533 procaccio1648 shipper1840 transport-rider1850 freighter1872 1872 Daily News 2 Oct. 4 It was resolved that a freighters' association be established, having for its object the assimilation and check of railway charges. 1882 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 458 What the public service demands is, that freighters and manufacturers should be allowed to choose for themselves. 2. One whose business it is to receive and forward freight. Also: one who owns or conducts a freight wagon or train of wagons (U.S. regional). ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport of goods in a vehicle > [noun] > one who receives and forwards goods freighter1714 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of wagon > man in charge of wagons freighter1852 wagon-master1861 wagon boss1873 1714 B. Mandeville Fable Bees i. 166 The Dutch..are Carriers and Freighters to the rest of the World. 1852 Knickerbocker Mar. 224 The freighters were as impatient of delay as those Æneas saw crowding the shores of Styx. 1874 B. F. Taylor World on Wheels i. v. 43 You meet now and then a ‘freighter’, as the ox-expressmen of plain and prairie are called. 1884 American 9 110 Men employed by the freighters to look after the mules..to prevent their straying off. 1907 S. E. White Arizona Nights (U.K. ed.) i. xvi. 229 It happened to be..a freighter without the fear of God in his soul. 3. a. A vessel for transporting goods, a cargo vessel. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > trading vessel > cargo vessel > [noun] burden ship1658 freighter1839 cargo-boat1859 cargo-ship1884 1839 Southern Literary Messenger 5 5/2 The Great Britain is now sailing as a mere freighter, and larger vessels are sailing as packets. 1869 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast & Twenty-four Years After 381 Capacious freighters and passenger-carriers to all parts of the great bay. 1878 N. H. Bishop Voy. Paper Canoe 278 Though a freighter and not a royal yacht, the Rurik looked every inch a government vessel. 1893 Leisure Hour Apr. 389 Our ships get larger whether they are freighters or expresses. b. A freight-wagon. U.S. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > cart or wagon for conveying goods > [noun] > types of > wagon (usually four-wheeled) wainc725 wagon1523 load wagon1659 freighter1885 1885 Cent. Mag. Nov. 65/1 Heavily loaded freighters were lurching in. 1921 C. E. Mulford Bar-20 Three xii. 147 Pete Jarvis was proud of his new sixteen-foot freighter. 1929 Randolph Enterprise (Elkins, W. Va.) 14 Nov. 1/3 The Conestoga Wagon, known as the freighter, hauled travelers too. c. A freight-carrying aircraft. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > [noun] > aircraft for goods or passengers liner1905 tramp1905 airliner1908 taxi1909 taxi plane1909 air ferry1916 air freighter1919 passenger plane1919 air taxi1920 freighter1920 flying boxcar1932 ferry1939 shuttle plane1944 day coach1945 feeder liner1946 charter1959 night coach1959 1920 Flight 12 560/1 Owing to increased quantities of heavy and bulky freight being now carried to and from Paris by the Handley Page aeroplanes, a number of specially-constructed freighters will soon be added to the machines employed. 1935 Flight 28 657 The D.L.H. freighter, Ju. 52, is just about to leave on its nightly journey to Berlin. 1959 Listener 15 Jan. 95/1 The Royal Air Force..is also receiving a ‘substantial’ number of short-range freighters. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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