coasting trade

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noun

trade between ports along the same coast.

Nearby words

coaster, coaster brake, coastguard, coastguardsman, coasting lead, coasting trade, coasting wagon, coastland, coastline, coastward, coastways

Origin of coasting trade

First recorded in 1735–45

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Examples from the Web for coasting trade

The coasting-trade soon began to take on a large development.
The Life of Nelson, Vol. I (of 2)|A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
What was a coasting-trade with Spain compared with this boundless career of adventure?
History of the United Netherlands, 1600-09, Vol. IV. Complete|John Lothrop Motley
Foreign vessels, while engaging in the New Zealand coasting-trade, have to pay their crews the rate of wages current on the coast.
The Long White Cloud|William Pember Reeves
Its population in 1825, and coasting-trade with Buenos Ayres.
Buenos Ayres and the Provinces of the Rio de La Plata|Woodbine Parish

Here and there, however, there is a lingering sloop or schooner, engaged in river- or coasting-trade.
Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885|Various