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

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of cabotage¹

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

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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