affreightment (plural affreightments)
(nautical) The act of hiring, or the contract for use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo.
Source: Wiktionary
Af*freight"ment, n. Etym: [Cf. F. affrétement.]
Definition: The act of hiring, or the contract for the use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 January 2025
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
