shipping : Idioms & Phrases
Shipping articles
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noun a contract between crew and captain of a ship
articles of agreement.
WordNet
- 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 shipping, etc. Bouvier.
Webster 1913
To take shipping
- to embark; to take ship. Obs. John vi.24. Shak.