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

In a moment, the commerce of the American republic, from being, in point of extent, the second in the world, was reduced to a coasting trade between the individual states.

From Alida or, Miscellaneous Sketches of Incidents During the Late American War. Founded on Fact by Comfield, Amelia Stratton

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 large number of the sailing ships, especially the smaller vessels engaged in the coasting trade, belong to the islanders.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

Maranh�o is situated about fourteen hundred miles north of Rio Janeiro, with which port it carries on an extensive coasting trade.

From Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America by Ballou, Maturin Murray

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