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cabotage
CIDE DICTIONARY
cabotage, n. [F. cabotage, fr. caboter to sail along the coast; cf. Sp. cabo cape.].
Navigation along the coast; the details of coast pilotage. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
cabotage, n.
1 Naut. coastal navigation and trade.
2 esp. Aeron. the reservation to a country of (esp. air) traffic operation within its territory.
1 Naut. coastal navigation and trade.
2 esp. Aeron. the reservation to a country of (esp. air) traffic operation within its territory.
Etymology
F f. caboter to coast, perh. f. Sp. cabo CAPE(2)
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