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shipload

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ship·load  (shpld)
n.
The amount a ship can carry.
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Noun1.shipload - the amount of cargo that can be held by a boat or ship or a freight car; "he imported wine by the boatload"
boatload, carload
large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude


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I had read sea-romances in my time, wherein figured, as a matter of course, the lone woman in the midst of a shipload of men; but I learned, now, that I had never comprehended the deeper significance of such a situation--the thing the writers harped upon and exploited so thoroughly.
The Sea Wolf by London, Jack View in context
And it was after long searching that I found out the carpenter's chest, which was, indeed, a very useful prize to me, and much more valuable than a shipload of gold would have been at that time.
Robinson Crusoe by Defoe, Daniel View in context
That much rain does not fall is very certain, for the houses are covered only with flat roofs made of hardened mud; and on the mole shiploads of wheat were piled up, being thus left for weeks together without any shelter.
The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles View in context
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