transhipv.
/trɑːnˈʃɪp//tranˈʃɪp/ /trɑːnsˈʃɪp//transˈʃɪp/ 1. transitive. To transfer from one ship to another; also transferred, from one railway train or other conveyance to another. Also absol.
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society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > transport by water [verb (transitive)] > tranship
disship1557
reship1626
tranship1792
transboard1807
1792 G. Macartney Jrnl. 4 Aug. in J. Barrow Some Acct. Public Life Earl of Macartney (1807) II. 180 All the baggage and presents [were] put on board the large junks, to be transshipped into smaller ones.
1797 Ld. Macartney Jrnl. Embassy China II. i. 4 In order to tranship them.
1802 C. Robinson Rep. High Court Admiralty 3 247 He is not bound..either to tranship or to repair.
1813 Duke of Wellington Let. 26 June in Dispatches (1838) X. 461 I am afraid it will be necessary to tranship the ordnance &c. into smaller vessels.
1846 C. G. Addison Treat. Law Contracts (1883) ii. ii. § 4 494 If the vessel becomes disabled..the master is bound to tranship and forward the cargo, if he has the means of transhipment at hand.
1876 Callis Cutlery 181 It was the practice of German manufacturers..to..transship them without allowing them to land.
1900 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 559/1 He didn't give them time to trans~ship enough provisions.
2. intransitive. Of a passenger: To change from one ship or other conveyance to another.
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society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > be transported by water [verb (intransitive)] > tranship
tranship1879
society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > ride in a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > change vehicles
change1848
tranship1879
1879 R. J. Atcherley Trip to Boërland 264 At East London..we transhipped into the steamship African.
1892 E. Reeves Homeward Bound 87 After going a mile or two we stopped, got out, and transhipped into another train.
1892 Daily News 18 Oct. 5/6 Passengers going by her had not to trans~ship either at Hong Kong or Shanghai.
1895 W. M. Ramsay St. Paul 283 He [Paul] had to transship in Troas.
Compounds
Combinations in which tranship is apparently = transhipment n.
tranship-shed n. a shed at a railway joint station for the transference of goods from one railway to another.
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society > travel > rail travel > railway system or organization > [noun] > station > shed where goods are transferred
tranship-shed1903
1903 Westm. Gaz. 21 Feb. 7/1 Inviting seven English and Scotch companies to co-operate in the matter of a tranship shed at Carlisle.
tranship-train n. a train running in connection with a steamer into which the passengers tranship.
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society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > train > run to connect with a boat
boat train1850
tidal train1855
boat express1865
tidal1866
tranship-train1904
1904 Daily News 22 Oct. 9 When near the new station at Talacre the engine of a heavy tranship train jumped an obstruction... The guard of the disabled tranship hurried Chesterwards.
tranship-van n. see quot.
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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor lorry, truck, or van > [noun] > van > types of
box van1843
vanette1867
moving van1885
chip van1893
tranship-van1903
bakkie1957
minivan1959
kombi1963
Kombi van1972
1903 Westm. Gaz. 14 Jan. 5/1 We have ‘tranship’, or road-vans, specially appointed to work on branches and at stations where there is not the heavy traffic. These take goods from a certain starting-point to be delivered at a number of roadside stations.
Derivatives
tranˈshipping n. (also attributive).
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society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > [noun] > transferring from one vessel to another
reshipment1791
transhipment1796
transhipping1801
translading1873
1801 Sir Wm. Scott in C. Robinson Adm. Cas. III. 259 If he [the master] had not the means of transhipping.
1816 J. K. Tuckey Narr. Exped. River Zaire (1818) iii. 88 The transhipping the stores..being finished.
1840 Evid. Hull Docks Comm. 121 The transhipping of them, either by rafts or small vessels.
1892 Nation (N.Y.) 1 Sept. 155/1 A better transshipping point.
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