Definition of "lading" in 英语

noun

1. (countable) The action of loading.

2. (uncountable) Shipment, cargo, freight.

   • The B-end of car DJJX 30478 […] was relatively intact but was surrounded by scrap steel lading from the car, which had been released to the track surface […] The bathtub gondola car structural features produced a car that could carry more lading and provided a relatively obstruction-free car interior which, when combined with the rotary dump feature, permitted the free-flow of granular lading and rapid evacuation of the load with little or no residue left in the car.

3. (figuratively) Burden.

verb

1. present participle and gerund of lade