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cabotage

[ kab-uh-tij, kab-uh-tahzh ]

noun

  1. navigation or trade along the coast.
  2. Aviation. the legal restriction to domestic carriers of air transport between points within a country's borders.


cabotage

/ ˈkæbəˌtɑːʒ /

noun

  1. nautical coastal navigation or shipping, esp within the borders of one country
  2. reservation to a country's carriers of its internal traffic, esp air traffic
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cabotage1

1825–35; < French, derivative of caboter to sail coastwise, verbal derivative of Middle French cabo < Spanish cabo headland, cape 2; -age
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cabotage1

C19: from French, from caboter to sail near the coast, apparently from Spanish cabo cape ²
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Example Sentences

And navigation, cabotage excepted, must be open to merchantmen of all nations, but foreign men-of-war need not be admitted.

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