Meanings
noundouble-handling (uncountable)
alternative double handling
- uncountableThe handling of anything more than once, e.g. goods in transit.
It is essential under present-day labour costs to eliminate the double-handling which enters into every railway journey for miscellaneous merchandise.
1964 May, “News and Comment: Liner trains and the NUR”, in Modern Railways, page 290
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