coasting trade
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of coasting trade
First recorded in 1735–45
Example Sentences
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From the beginning of the 18th century this gradually declined and gave place to a coasting trade in timber and coal, chiefly with Wales and Ireland.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various
Wilmington, metropolis, and has important coasting trade; population, 42,478.
From Alden's Handy Atlas of the World by John B. Alden
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
The shipping 931 at Bilbao is mainly Spanish, owing to the multitude of small vessels employed in the coasting trade; but from 1880 onwards the majority of foreign ships were British.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 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
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