- A duty exacted, in some fairs or markets, for the right to
carry things where one will. - A tax on wares sold by the last. - The lading of a ship; also, ballast. - Room for stowing goods, as in a ship.
- Ant gone to rearrange cargo capacity - Cargo weight - Carrying capacity - Ship’s displacement - Weight of ship’s cargo - The weight of goods carried in a boat or a ship. - The cubical content or burden of a vessel, or vessels, in
tons; or, the amount of weight which one or several vessels may carry.
See Ton, n. (b).
- Remove cargo from a boat - To take out of a ship or vessel; as, to unship goods. - To remove or detach, as any part or implement, from its
proper position or connection when in use; as, to unship an oar; to
unship capstan bars; to unship the tiller.