lading en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Gerund of lade (verb). Cognate with Dutch lading (“cargo, charge”), German Ladung (“cargo, charge”), Polish ładunek (“cargo, charge”), Swedish laddning (“charge”). Doublet of loading.
Meanings
- (countable) The action of loading.
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(uncountable) Shipment, cargo, freight.
the ship remained there, in providing his lading and preparing for his voyage, nearly three months[…]
1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC:The B-end of car DJJX 30478 […] was relatively intact but was surrounded by scrap steel lading from the car, which had been released to the track surface […] The bathtub gondola car structural features produced a car that could carry more lading and provided a relatively obstruction-free car interior which, when combined with the rotary dump feature, permitted the free-flow of granular lading and rapid evacuation of the load with little or no residue left in the car.
2023, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, Rail transportation safety investigation report R19T0107
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(countable, figuratively, uncountable) Burden.
Nor could I weary, heart or limb, When mighty Love would cleave in twain The lading of a single pain, And part it, giving half to him.
1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXV”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 42:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ladings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
lading-can · book of lading · bill of lading
Relateds
Synonyms
shipment · consignment · payload · loading · freight · load
Translations (12)
cs náklad (shipment, cargo, freight) · ru фрахт (shipment, cargo, freight) · ru груз (shipment, cargo, freight) · bg натоварване (the action of loading) · bg товар (shipment, cargo, freight) · ru перево́зка (shipment, cargo, freight) · cmn 裝載 /装载 (the action of loading) · bg карго (shipment, cargo, freight) · cmn 貨物 /货物 (shipment, cargo, freight) · fr chargement (shipment, cargo, freight) · ru погру́зка (the action of loading) · cs nakládka (the action of loading)