haulage

haulage

English

Etymology

haul +‎ -age

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔːlədʒ/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑlədʒ/

Noun

haulage (countable and uncountable, plural haulages)

1. The act of hauling.
   • 1919: Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, South (The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition 1914-1917)

     The initial task would be the haulage of stores from Cape Evans to Hut Point, a distance of 13 miles.

2. The business of transporting goods.
3. The charge levied for hauling or pulling a ship or boat.

Translations

The act of hauling

Bulgarian: теглене (bg) n (teglene), влачене (bg) n (vlačene), дърпане (bg) n (dǎrpane) Galician: carreto m, carrexo m German: Beförderung (de) f

Norwegian: Bokmål: befordring m or f, transport (no) m Russian: перево́зка (ru) f (perevózka), транспортиро́вка (ru) f (transportiróvka) Turkish: nakil (tr), taşıma (tr)

Business of transporting goods

Bulgarian: превоз (bg) m (prevoz), транспортиране (bg) n (transportirane) German: Transportdienst m

Norwegian: Bokmål: transporttjeneste m Russian: транспортиро́вка (ru) f (transportiróvka), перево́зка (ru) f (perevózka) Turkish: nakliyecilik (tr), taşımacılık (tr)