Shipping

Relating to ships, their ownership, transfer, and employment; as, shipping concerns.

n. The collective body of ships in one place; vessels of navigation generally; tonnage. Shipping articles, articles of agreement between the captain of a vessel and the seamen on board, in respect to the amount of wages, length of time for which they are shipped, &c. Bouvier. — To take shipping, to embark; to enter on board a ship or vessel for conveyance or passage. [Obs.] John vi. 24.