UNLADING

Verb

unlading

present participle of unlade

Noun

unlading (plural unladings)

The removal of cargo from a vessel.

Source: Wiktionary


UNLADE

Un*lade" v. t. Etym: [1st un- + lade.]

1. To take the load from; to take out the cargo of; as, to unlade a ship or a wagon. The venturous merchant . . . Shall here unlade him and depart no more. Dryden.

2. To unload; to remove, or to have removed, as a load or a burden; to discharge. There the ship was to unlade her burden. Acts. xxi. 3.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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