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Entry 5 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Shipping

/shĭp'-ĭng/ · Ship·ping · IPA /ˈʃɪpɪŋ/
01 a. Relating to ships, their ownership, transfer, or employment; as, shiping concerns.
  1. 1.
    Relating to ships, their ownership, transfer, or employment; as, shiping concerns.
  2. 2.
    Relating to, or concerned in, the forwarding of goods; as, a shipping clerk.
02 n. The act of one who, or of that which, ships; as, the shipping of flour to Liverpool.
  1. 1.
    The act of one who, or of that which, ships; as, the shipping of flour to Liverpool.
  2. 2.
    The collective body of ships in one place, or belonging to one port, country, etc.; vessels, generally; tonnage.
  3. 3.
    Navigation.
Phrases & compounds
Shipping articles — articles of agreement between the captain of a vessel and the seamen on board, in respect to the amount of wages, length of time for which they are shipping, etc.
To take shipping — to embark; to take ship.