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transportation; lading; cargo, especially of a ship, or a car on a railroad, etc.; as, a freight of cotton; a full freight.

The transportation of freight.

One employed in receiving and forwarding freight.

Destitute of freight.

To hire, as a ship, for the transportation of goods or freight.

One who hires or charters a ship to convey goods.

The act of hiring, or the contract for the use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo.

To put too much freight in or upon; to load too full, or too heavily; to overload.

To transfrete. [Obs.] Waterhouse.

Any charge in addition to the regular charge for freight of goods shipped.

A vessel for freight; -- used in Mediterranean.

A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat. [U.S.]

om.), a measure equal to five cubic feet, used in estimating capacity, as of a vessel for freight. -- Barrel drain (Arch.), a drain in the form of a cylindrical tube. -- Barrel of a boiler, the cylindrical part of a boiler, containing the flues. -- Barrel of the ear (Anat.), the tympanum, or tympanic cavity. -- Bar…

, or the master as his agent, hypothecates and binds the ship (and sometimes the accruing freight) as security for the repayment of money advanced or lent for the use of the ship, if she terminates her voyage successfully. If the ship is lost by perils of the sea, the lender loses the money; but if the ship arrives saf…

n mortgage. -- Ship broker, one who acts as agent in buying and selling ships, procuring freight, etc. -- Stock broker. See Stockbroker.

A person employed to ascertain the bulk or size of goods, in order to fix the amount of freight or dues payable on them.

A car used on freight or construction trains for brakemen, workmen, etc.; a tool car. [U. S.]

s of the ear. Canal boat, a boat for use on a canal; esp. one of peculiar shape, carrying freight, and drawn by horses walking on the towpath beside the canal. Canal lock. See Lock.

[U. S.] -- Dummy car (Railroad), a car containing its own steam power or locomotive. -- Freight car (Railrood), a car for the transportation of merchandise or other goods. [U. S.] -- Hand car (Railroad), a small car propelled by hand, used by railroad laborers, etc. [U. S.] -- Horse car, or Street car, an ommibus car…

The lading or freight of a ship or other vessel; the goods, merchandise, or whatever is conveyed in a vessel or boat; load; freight. Cargoes of food or clothing. E. Everett.