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

There are still other bays along the coast which are well adapted for commercial purposes but are used only in the coasting trade.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

The Lazes occupy the eastern and south-eastern shores of the Black Sea, and their sailing-boats and ships do the coasting trade between these regions and Constantinople.

From Turkey Peeps at Many Lands by Julius R. Van Millingen

From the beginning of the 18th century this gradually declined and gave place to a coasting trade in timber and coal, chiefly with Wales and Ireland.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

The shipping 931 at Bilbao is mainly Spanish, owing to the multitude of small vessels employed in the coasting trade; but from 1880 onwards the majority of foreign ships were British.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

The trade between all the different parts of the British empire would, in consequence of this uniformity in the customs-house laws, be as free as the coasting trade of Great Britain is at present.

From An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Germain Garnier