coasting vessel

plural coasting vessels

1. nauticalA ship employed solely in trade between the ports of one country.

   Holonyms: coasting trade < trade

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   First, the undertaking depended to a great extent on the smooth working of Arbroath Harbour, and when, as happened from time to time in winter months, the seas were too rough for the colliers and other coasting vessels to operate, an immediate fall occurred in the up traffic in coal and lime.

   1953 February, S. G. E. Lythe, “Early Days of Arbroath & Forfar Railway—2”, in Railway Magazine, page 131

   Synonyms: coaster