coasting trade

American  

noun

1. trade between ports along the same coast.

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Etymology

Origin of coasting trade

First recorded in 1735–45

Example Sentences

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coasting trade

In a moment, the commerce of the American republic, from being, in point of extent, the second in the world, was reduced to a coasting trade between the individual states.

From Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact by Amelia Stratton Comfield

I went up and down the ways of Llantrisant wondering, and came to the harbour, which is a little place, with little quays where some small coasting trade still lingers.

From The Great Return by Arthur Machen

I made over my claim upon the bankrupts to the other creditors for a small sloop that had belonged to them, and began the coasting trade again.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 by Various

Wilmington, metropolis, and has important coasting trade; population, 42,478.

From Alden's Handy Atlas of the World by John B. Alden

The effect, he said, on the British coasting trade was, that as the foreigner could load as far as he liked, and therefore carry larger cargoes, he could accept lower rates.

From A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River by Barlow Cumberland