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ladings

ladings is the plural of lading.

Meaning of lading

Noun

lading (countable and uncountable, plural ladings)

  1. (countable) The action of loading.
    Synonyms:
    loading
  2. (uncountable) Shipment, cargo, freight.
    • the ship remained there, in providing his lading and preparing for his voyage, nearly three months[…]1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC
  3. (figuratively) Burden.
    • Nor could I weary, heart or limb,
      ⁠When mighty Love would cleave in twain
      ⁠The lading of a single pain,
      And part it, giving half to him.1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXV”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 42

Questions about ladings

What is ladings the plural of?
Ladings is the plural of lading.

Words near ladings in the dictionary

  1. Ladin
  2. ladiness
  3. lading
  4. lading-can
  5. lading-cans
  6. ladings
  7. Ladinian
  8. ladino
  9. ladinos
  10. Ladins
  11. Ladislaus

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