pretransportation
English
Etymology
pre- + transportation
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Adjective
pretransportation (not comparable)
- Before transportation (deportation to a penal colony).
- 2013, David Hunt, Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia (volume 1)
- James went through the courts and spent months in a crowded cell without anyone realising he was a she. After the sentence was commuted, her gender was revealed during the compulsory pre-transportation bath and an appeal was lodged for her pardon.
- 2013, David Hunt, Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia (volume 1)