coasting trade
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of coasting trade
First recorded in 1735–45
Example Sentences
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As I told Prescott, Merril has a notion of going into the coasting trade, and wants our carrying.
From Thrice Armed by Harold Bindloss
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
Considerable short-distance coasting trade is sure to continue along that route, and it will share in the general benefit of the developments which await Isthmian and Central America.
From The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise by J. Saxon Mills
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 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 James Wilford Garner
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