carloading
carloading noun: the loading of a freight car.
Noun
carloading (plural carloadings)
- The loading of a freight car.
- From 1940 to 1946, carloadings of grains ranged from about 28 to 35 percent of total shipments of products of agriculture.1953, United States. Dept. of Agriculture. Production and Marketing Administration, A study of conditions affecting the transportation of grain by railroad
- In 1955, for example, 32 railroads reported 168,150 piggyback carloadings; in 1959 50 roads loaded 415,156 cars; [...]. T.O.F.C. still accounts for little more than 2 per cent of all U.S. carloadings but industry experts expect that percentage to reach between 25 and 50 per cent within the...1960 November, David Morgan, “"Piggyback"—U.S. success story”, in Trains Illustrated, page 683
Forms of carloading
| plural | carloadings |
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Origin of carloading
From car + loading.
Questions about carloading
- What does carloading mean?
- Carloading means the loading of a freight car.
- What part of speech is carloading?
- Carloading is a noun.
- What is the plural of carloading?
- The plural of carloading is carloadings.
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