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单词 cabotage
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cabotage

[ kab-uh-tij, kab-uh-tahzh ]
/ ˈkæb ə tɪdʒ, ˌkæb əˈtɑʒ /

noun

navigation or trade along the coast.
Aviation. the legal restriction to domestic carriers of air transport between points within a country's borders.

Origin of cabotage

1825–35; <French, derivative of caboter to sail coastwise, verbal derivative of Middle French cabo<Spanish cabo headland, cape2; see -age

Words nearby cabotage

caboose, Cabora Bassa, Cabo Rojo, caboshed, Cabot, cabotage, Cabot's ring body, Cabot Strait, cab-over, Cabral, cab rank rule
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Example sentences from the Web for cabotage

  • And navigation, cabotage excepted, must be open to merchantmen of all nations, but foreign men-of-war need not be admitted.

    International Law. A Treatise. Volume I (of 2)|Lassa Francis Oppenheim

British Dictionary definitions for cabotage

cabotage
/ (ˈkæbəˌtɑːʒ) /

noun

nautical coastal navigation or shipping, esp within the borders of one country
reservation to a country's carriers of its internal traffic, esp air traffic

Word Origin for cabotage

C19: from French, from caboter to sail near the coast, apparently from Spanish cabo cape ²
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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