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Definition of Cargo ships
1. Noun. Conveyance provided by the ships belonging to one country or industry.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cargo Ships
Literary usage of Cargo ships
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. America's Part in the World War: A History of the Full Greatness of Our by Richard Joseph Beamish, Francis Andrew March (1919)
"When operations began, the turn-around for troop ships averaged about fifty-two
days, and for cargo ships sixty-six days. During the summer of 1918, ..."
2. The Chinese Repository by Elijah Coleman Bridgman, S. W. Williams (1840)
"Now, after the delivery of the opium, this year, it was required of all the
cargo-ships of every nation that they should execute bonds according to the new ..."
3. Hansard's Parliamentary Debatesby Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard by Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard (1880)
"These losses, it should be remembered, had not been confined to grain ships, but
had been very remarkable in the case of cargo ships generally during the ..."
4. Annual Report of the United States Shipping Board by United States Shipping Board (1918)
"Besides ordinary cargo ships, the Corporation has been called upon to produce
transports, tankers, refrigerator ships, tugs, and oil barges in large ..."
5. The Ship "Tyre": A Symbol of the Fate of Conquerors as Prophesied by Isaiah by Wilfred Harvey Schoff (1920)
"Warships were light and speedy, long and narrow, and depended for propulsion more
on oars than sails. cargo ships were heavy and slow, broad of beam, ..."
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