longshoring

[lawng-shawr-ing, -shohr-, long-]

noun

1. the work or occupation of a longshoreman.

Word History and Origins

Origin of longshoring¹

First recorded in 1925–30; longshore(man) + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

The Labor Department, working on a "worst-first" basis, is concentrating its inspectors on the policing of industries that have extremely high accident rates: longshoring, roofing and sheet metal, meat packing, mobile-home manufacturing and lumber and wood producing.

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Truckers are beginning to run Alaskan freight over the Alaska Highway, gambling on the absence of warehousing and longshoring costs to enable them to beat western sea-rail rates.

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After sealing for seven months I came back to California and took odd jobs at coal shovelling and longshoring and also in a jute factory, where I worked from six in the morning until seven at night. 

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