As a mass noun: ships collectively, shipping; number of ships. Obsolete.

Usually as a mass noun: ships, shipping. In quot. 1540 as a count noun: a ship.

In collective singular. Obsolete.

A fleet of ships. Also as a mass noun: ships collectively, shipping. Cf. navy, n. 1b.

concrete. In later use U.S. Shipping; vessels collectively. Obsolete.

Ships collectively; the body of ships that belong to a person's or country's fleet, that frequent a particular port or harbour, or that are used…

A boat or other vessel which travels on water. Also: such vessels collectively. Obsolete.

transferred. Ships collectively, shipping (in relation to their carrying capacity, or together with the merchandise carried by them).

A boat, ship, or other waterborne vehicle; a vessel. With plural agreement. Boats, ships, or other vessels collectively; waterborne transport of any…

The collective shipping, fleet, navy, or naval service of a country; seagoing vessels collectively, esp. with reference to nationality or class…