lightered

Verb

lighter (third-person singular simple present lighters, present participle lightering, simple past and past participle lightered)

1. To transfer (cargo or passengers) to or from a ship by means of a lighter or other small vessel.
   • 1900. Report of the Commission Appointed by the President to Investigate the Conduct of the War Department in the War with Spain. Vol. 7, pg. 3227.
     Troops and stores were lightered to the wharves inside the harbor by steamers Orizaba and Berkshire.
2. To transfer cargo or fuel from (a ship), lightening it to make its draft less or to make it easier to refloat.

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