transportationn.

1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 14 §2 For the fraight transportation conveyaunce or cariage of anny warres.

1583 G. Peckham True Rep. Newfound Landes iv. sig. E.ij^v By reason of the transportation of rawe Wooll of late dayes, more excessiuely then in tymes past.

1607 S. Hieron Spirituall Sonne-ship in Wks. (1620) I. 371 Looke how the case stood with their transportation out of Ægypt into Canaan.

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 26 Here is a Ferry for transportation into Asia.

a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) vi. 331 Finding no ships there, for his transportation, he divided his army.

1679–88 in J. Y. Akerman Moneys Secret Services Charles II & James II (1851) 16 To the Bishop of London, for transportac'on of three Chaplains to the Leward Islands..60 0 0.

1707 J. Chamberlayne Angliæ Notitia (ed. 22) i. vii. 63 Upon the Three Articles of Exportation, Transportation or Re-exportation, and Importation, no Kingdom or State in the World can any ways match us.

1827 H. Steuart Planter's Guide (1828) 264 It must make the Tree..more troublesome to be balanced during the transportation.

1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. i. vii. 227 The transportation of the troops was going..on.

1890 Wisconsin Hist. Soc. Prospectus Upon any gift to the Society, transportation will be cheerfully paid.

1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 81 A geologist, who..sees the decomposition of rocks, and the transportation of matter by rivers to the sea.

1877 J. Le Conte Elements Geol. (1879) iii. v. 516 The general direction of the scorings corresponds with that of transportation of the bowlders.

1562 in J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (Wodrow Soc.) 24 Transportation declared lawfull where there is reason for it.

a1666 R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) ii. 46 That assembly sets a note upon the act of my transportation.

1717 T. Boston in A. Thomson Life (1895) 129 In a time wherein there is so little need of transportations.

1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. (at cited word) Transportation of Churches, The form of applying for transportation is by a summons raised before the Teind Court, concluding for authority to transport, and to have the new church declared the regular parish church.

1669 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 95 If..the said Rice Havard [a condemned felon] doe give in security for his transportacion as before mentioned.

1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. ii. 105 Neither Chains nor Transportation, Proscription, Sale, nor Confiscation.

1728 J. Gay Beggar's Opera i. xiii. 17 Were you sentenced to Transportation?

1879 J. McCarthy Hist. our Own Times II. xviii. 33 The sentence of death was changed into one of transportation for life.

1853 J. L. McConnel Western Characters 163 He furnished his own ‘transportation’, and selected his own encampment.

1861 Times 29 July We captured..all the enemy's camp equipage and transportation.

1869 T. W. Higginson Army Life (1870) 236 There was no transportation to take us. At last, a boat was notified.

1890 Cent. Mag. Feb. 564/1 A lot of miscellaneous transportation, composed of riding horses, ambulances, and other vehicles.

1894 Outing 24 234/2 Transportation is furnished for the horses of mounted officers.

1909 in Cent. Dict. Suppl.

1909 Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Transportation,..4., a ticket, pass, or the like, required to secure transportation on a public conveyance. It does not include checks, etc., for special accommodation.