† freightmentn.
Obsolete.
The action of hiring a vessel; the document which records this.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > [noun] > hire of vessel for freight > document recording
freightment1559
1559 in Sir R. Sadler's Papers (1809) II. 235 And if you have advertised me of touching their [shippes'] fretment.
1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 402 Vpon the ladings of Ships which are to take in the same, or else may incurre a further danger vnto the Charter-partie of fraightment.
1755 N. Magens Ess. Insurances II. 25 When it can be proved against any one, whether by Charter-Party, Bills of Lading, Freightement..that he has altered the Voyage insured upon.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
<
n.1559