cabotage

cab·o·tage  (kb-täzh)

n.

1. Trade or navigation in coastal waters.

2. The exclusive right of a country to operate the air traffic within its territory.

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[French, from caboter, to sail along a coast, perhaps from Spanish cabo, cape, from Latin caput, head; see cape².]

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cabotage

the act of navigating or trading along a coast.

See also: Ships, Trade

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cabotage - the exclusive right of a country to control the air traffic within its borders right - an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature; "they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"; "Certain rights can never be granted to the government but must be kept in the hands of the people"- Eleanor Roosevelt; "a right is not something that somebody gives you; it is something that nobody can take away"
	2.	cabotage - navigation in coastal waters sailing, seafaring, navigation - the work of a sailor