cabotage

American

[kab-uh-tij, kab-uh-tahzh] / ˈkæb ə tɪdʒ, ˌkæb əˈtɑʒ /

noun

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

cabotage British

/ ˈkæbəˌtɑːʒ /

noun

nautical coastal navigation or shipping, esp within the borders of one country
reservation to a country's carriers of its internal traffic, esp air traffic

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Etymology

Origin of cabotage

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

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CABOTAGE, the French term for coasting-trade, a coast-pilotage.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various

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