coasting vessel

English

Noun

coasting vessel (plural coasting vessels)

1. (nautical) A ship employed solely in trade between the ports of one country.

   Synonym: coaster

   • 1953 February, S. G. E. Lythe, “Early Days of Arbroath & Forfar Railway—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 131:

     First, the undertaking depended to a great extent on the smooth working of Arbroath Harbour, and when, as happened from time to time in winter months, the seas were too rough for the colliers and other coasting vessels to operate, an immediate fall occurred in the up traffic in coal and lime.

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