LADING

cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, payload, shipment, consignment

(noun) goods carried by a large vehicle

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Noun

lading (countable and uncountable, plural ladings)

(countable) The action of loading.

(uncountable) Shipment, cargo, freight.

Synonyms

• (action of loading): loading

• (cargo): freight, load, payload, shipment, consignment

Verb

lading

present participle of lade

Anagrams

• ligand

Source: Wiktionary

Lad"ing, n.

1. The act of loading.

2. That which lades or constitutes a load or cargo; freight; burden; as, the lading of a ship. Bill of lading. See under Bill.

LADE

Lade, v. t. [imp. Laded; p. p. Laded, Laded (; p. pr. & vb. n. Lading.] Etym: [AS. hladan to heap, load, draw (water); akin to D. & G. laden to load, OHG. hladan, ladan, Icel. hla, Sw. ladda, Dan. lade, Goth. afhlapan. Cf. Load, Ladle, Lathe for turning, Last a load.]

1. To load; to put a burden or freight on or in; -- generally followed by that which receives the load, as the direct object. And they laded their asses with the corn. Gen. xlii. 26.

2. To throw in out. with a ladle or dipper; to dip; as, to lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern. And chides the sea that sunders him from thence, Saying, he'll lade it dry to have his way. Shak.

3. (Plate Glass Manuf.)

Definition: To transfer (the molten glass) from the pot to the forming table.

Lade, v. i. Etym: [See Lade, v. t.]

1. To draw water. [Obs.]

2. (Naut.)

Definition: To admit water by leakage, as a ship, etc.

Lade, n. Etym: [Prov. E., a ditch or drain. Cf. Lode, Lead to conduct.]

1. The mouth of a river. [Obs.] Bp. Gibson.

2. A passage for water; a ditch or drain. [Prov. Eng.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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