lade
verb (used with object)
to put (something) on or in, as a burden, load, or cargo; load.
were lading
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past progressiveof lade.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Ships were built and fitted out alongside docks where other ships were lading.
From The Quaker Colonies, a chronicle of the proprietors of the Delaware by Sydney George Fisher
In Duluth skippers were clamoring for cargoes; ships were lading in haste for a last trip before ice closed the lake's outlet at the Soo against all ships.
From The Indian Drum by Edwin Balmer
I saw that they were lading the vessel, and with a tackle were lowering the barrels and boxes into the hold.
From The Boy Tar by Edward Read
