单词 | cabotage |
释义 | cabotagen. Nautical. 1. Coasting; coast-pilotage; the coast carrying trade by sea. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > transportation by water > [noun] > shipping business or trade > coastal cabotage1831 1831 J. Sinclair Corr. II. 186 The Cabotage, as they call it, or carrying trade. 1876 R. F. Burton Two Trips Gorilla Land I. 6 Small vessels belonging to foreigners, and employed in cabotage. 1885 Standard 2 Jan. (Article) The Cabotage in China. [From Shanghai correspondent.] 2. Aeronautics. (The reservation to a country of) the air-traffic within its territory. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > regulation and control of flying > [noun] > national restriction of air traffic cabotage1933 society > travel > air or space travel > transport by air > [noun] > air traffic in national territory cabotage1958 1933 Aeroplane 24 May 962/1 As far as the progress of international air transport is concerned cabotage is about the finest form of ‘sabotage’. 1958 Sunday Times 15 June 3/5 India..though possessed of an enormous area protected by cabotage, has neither the resources to exploit this potential nor a population rich enough to indulge in mass air transport. 1958 Sunday Times 15 June 3/5 Members of the Commonwealth do not form a cabotage unit. 1960 Times 11 Feb. 9/4 B.O.A.C.'s possession of end-to-end cabotage rights on these routes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1831 |
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