tranship

[ tran-ship ]

/ trænˈʃɪp /

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verb (used with or without object), tran·shipped, tran·ship·ping.

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OTHER WORDS FROM tranship

tran·ship·ment, nountran·ship·per, noun

Words nearby tranship

transgression, transgressive, transgressor, transhiatal, transhiatal esophagectomy, tranship, transhumance, transhumanism, transience, transient, transient acantholytic dermatosis

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How to use tranship in a sentence

Here we had to tranship to the Pekin, to continue by that vessel our voyage eastward.
Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army|Charles Alexander Gordon
Once we've got a boat, we'll sail to the nearest port, tranship to New Orleans, and from there to France.
The Hero of Panama|F. S. Brereton
Oliver agreed with them that they should tranship three or four of their number into the second mate's boat.
Tessa|Louis Becke
Then you can tranship your goods outside or I'll take them on, as you like.
The Coast of Adventure|Harold Bindloss

She had been delayed by fog, so we anchored for an hour or so to tranship the mails and Burmese passengers.
From Edinburgh to India & Burmah|William G. Burn Murdoch

British Dictionary definitions for tranship

tranship

/ (trænˈʃɪp) /

verb -ships, -shipping or -shipped

a variant spelling of transship

Derived forms of tranship

transhipment, noun

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