Shipping /(?)/

Ship·ping

Shipping

a.
  1. Relating to ships, their ownership, transfer, or employment; as, shiping concerns.
  2. Relating to, or concerned in, the forwarding of goods; as, a shipping clerk.

Shipping

n.
  1. The act of one who, or of that which, ships; as, the shipping of flour to Liverpool.
  2. The collective body of ships in one place, or belonging to one port, country, etc.; vessels, generally; tonnage.
  3. Navigation.

Phrases & Compounds
Shipping articles
articles of agreement between the captain of a vessel and the seamen on board, in respect to the amount of wages, length of time for which they are shipping, etc.
To take shipping
to embark; to take ship.