longhaul

UK /ˈlɒŋhɔːl/ US /ˈlɔŋhɔl/
verb 2

Definitions

verb

1

To travel a long distance.

Though they breed in the High Arctic summer, Arctic terns 'winter' south in the austral summer, thus living a life of perpetual summer and almost endless daylight in the classic example of 'globe-spanning'. […] Longhauling 22,000 miles a year they are the only northern breeding species which migrates regularly to Antarctic waters.

The words hung between them, heavy with self-recrimination. Harriet shook her head. What was the point in this? More Poor me before she long-hauled it back across the Atlantic? She had enough baggage, thank you very much.

2

To transport goods over long distances.

Q. What would the Denver & Rio Grande Western get if it hauled that same car from Salt Lake to Pueblo and longhauled it to Santa Fe on its own branch? / A. About 26 or 27 cents.

[…] Foreign Trade Zone cargoes may be discharged at Berth 60 and longhauled with stevedoring equipment into Foreign Trade Zone No. 4.

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