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

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

It has charge of the registration of American vessels engaged in the foreign trade, and of the enrollment and licensing of vessels in the coasting trade.

From Government in the United States National, State and Local by Garner, James Wilford

The coasting trade of Rostof is, therefore, brisk, and particularly so since the establishment of the quarantine at Kertch.

From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Hell, Xavier Hommaire de

He afterwards engaged in the coasting trade, and thus acquired an accurate knowledge of all the ports and bays of the island.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various

It has still, however, a coasting trade with Syria and the Levant.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various