shipping articles

noun, (used with a plural verb) Nautical.

Origin of shipping articles

1830-1840

First recorded in 1830-40

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The owners must also obtain from the collector of the customs a certified copy of the shipping articles.

The Seaman's Friend Richard Henry Dana
As for fine words, I might have fancied myself a cousin of the king's, if I'd only put my name to their shipping articles.

The Wing-and-Wing J. Fenimore Cooper

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