lading

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See also: Lādīng

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈleɪdɪŋ/
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  • Rhymes: -eɪdɪŋ

Noun

lading (countable and uncountable, plural ladings)

  1. (countable) The action of loading.
    Synonym: loading
  2. (uncountable) Shipment, cargo, freight.
    Synonyms: freight, load, payload, shipment, consignment
    • 1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, , London: W Taylor , →OCLC:
      the ship remained there, in providing his lading and preparing for his voyage, nearly three months […]
    • 2023, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, Rail transportation safety investigation report R19T0107:
      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. (figuratively) Burden.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

lading

  1. present participle and gerund of lade

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

From laden +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

Noun

lading f (plural ladingen, diminutive ladinkje n)

  1. cargo
  2. charge, tension
  3. (electricity) charge
  4. (figuratively) undertone, undercurrent

Descendants

  • Berbice Creole Dutch: lai
  • Negerhollands: ladiṅ
  • → Indonesian: lading
  • → Aukan: lai
  • → Saramaccan: lái
  • Sranan Tongo: lai
    • → Caribbean Javanese: lai

Anagrams

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈla.diŋ/,
  • Rhymes: -dɪŋ
  • Hyphenation: la‧ding

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Javanese ꦭꦢꦶꦁ (lading, “knife”).

Noun

lading (plural lading-lading)

  1. knife

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch lading (“cargo; charge, tension”).

Noun

lading (plural lading-lading)

  1. (nautical) cargo
    Synonym: muatan
  2. (nautical) longboat, usually made from a whole tree trunk
  3. (geology) pyroclastic flow, volcanic ash, tephra
    Synonyms: awan panas, lading, ladu, lahar

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

lading

  1. Romanization of ꦭꦢꦶꦁ

Makasar

Pronunciation

Noun

lading (Lontara spelling ᨒᨉᨗ)

  1. knife
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