lighterage
noun 2
Definitions
noun
1
The fee paid for conveyance of goods on a lighter (flat-bottomed boat for carrying heavy loads across short distances).
2
The act of unloading into a lighter, or of conveying by a lighter.
If Goods are to be brought Home to your own House, there are Charges for Weighage, Cranage, Porterage, Wharfage, Cartage, Lighterage, &c.
1904, Joseph Conrad, Nostromo, New York and London: Harper & Brothers, Part 3, Chapter 1, p. 355, He has certainly organized the lighterage service of the harbor for the O.S.N. Company with great ability.
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