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

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Example Sentences

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coasting trade

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

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

As a youth he fled from home to escape a clerical education, but afterwards joined his father in the coasting trade.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various

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

“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

Besides farming and fishing, the inhabitants carry on a coasting trade with various Mediterranean ports.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various

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