bargeload

English

Three bargeloads of shipping containers pass upstream on the River Thames in central London, England, 2009.
A bargeload of bricks passes under Howrah Bridge, Hooghly River, Calcutta, 1945.

Etymology

From barge +‎ load.

Noun

bargeload (plural bargeloads)

  1. A load of a barge; the amount of material that constitutes one such load.
    Synonym: bargeful
    Hypernym: vesselful
    Coordinate terms: boatload, boatful, shipload, shipful; trainload, trainful, carload, carful, truckload, truckful, wagonload, wagonful, drayload, drayful, skipload, skipful
    The chemical plant receives potash by the bargeload.
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