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lading

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Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
11
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈleɪdɪŋ/

Definition of lading

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable)The action of loading.
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noun

  1. (countable)The action of loading.
  2. (uncountable)Shipment, cargo, freight.
    “the ship remained there, in providing his lading and preparing for his voyage, nearly three months[…]”
    “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.”
  3. (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.”

verb

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of lade

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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.

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