tranship

[ tran-ship ]

verb (used with or without object),tran·shipped, tran·ship·ping.

Other words from tranship

  • tran·ship·ment, noun
  • tran·ship·per, noun

Words Nearby tranship

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How to use tranship in a sentence

  • Here we had to tranship to the Pekin, to continue by that vessel our voyage eastward.

  • Once we've got a boat, we'll sail to the nearest port, tranship to New Orleans, and from there to France.

    The Hero of Panama | F. S. Brereton
  • Oliver agreed with them that they should tranship three or four of their number into the second mate's boat.

    Tessa | Louis Becke
  • Then you can tranship your goods outside or I'll take them on, as you like.

    The Coast of Adventure | Harold Bindloss
  • She had been delayed by fog, so we anchored for an hour or so to tranship the mails and Burmese passengers.

    From Edinburgh to India & Burmah | William G. Burn Murdoch

British Dictionary definitions for tranship

tranship

/ (trænˈʃɪp) /


verb-ships, -shipping or -shipped
  1. a variant spelling of transship

Derived forms of tranship

  • transhipment, noun

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