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

There are excellent fisheries, which supply the neighbouring provinces with cod, tunny, sardines and oysters; and the average yearly value of the coasting trade exceeds �400,000.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

A considerable number of foreign sailing vessels also carried on an important coasting trade.

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

To prevent evasion, it was guarded by the most stringent provisions and heavy penalties, so that the coasting trade suffered severely.

From The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 by Headley, Joel Tyler

I went up and down the ways of Llantrisant wondering, and came to the harbour, which is a little place, with little quays where some small coasting trade still lingers.

From The Great Return by Machen, Arthur

The pursuit of cod, mackerel, herring and halibut fills up, with a winter coasting trade, the round of the year.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various