coasting trade
noun
trade between ports along the same coast.
Origin of coasting trade
1First recorded in 1735–45
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How to use coasting trade in a sentence
It is the headquarters of the Devonshire sea-fisheries, having also a large coasting trade.
Unless the Austrians get possession of a point of land, we cannot stop the coasting-trade.
The Life of Nelson, Vol. I (of 2) | A. T. (Alfred Thayer) MahanAnd that smaller one, under full sail, fore-and-aft rigged, is a schooner in the coasting trade.
The Hero of Manila | Rossiter JohnsonThe war had robbed the little city of its men; the blockade had robbed it of its little coasting-trade.
The Naval History of the United States | Willis J. Abbot.coasting trade was also recognized as properly belonging to the domain where Japan had the sovereign right of making regulations.
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