cargo liner

English

Noun

cargo liner (plural cargo liners)

  2. (nautical) A cargo ship in liner service which carries a small number of passengers, typically limited to 12 to avoid the requirement for the ship to carry a doctor.
    Hypernyms: liner < ship < vessel
    Coordinate terms: passenger liner, cruiseliner; airliner
  4. (aviation, automotive) A lining for an aircraft's cargo hold; a lining for automotive interior wayback spaces or boots (trunks).
    Hypernyms: liner, lining
    Coordinate term: headliner
    • 1962, “United Adopts Gilliner, New Fiberglas Cargo Liner”, in Airlift‎[1], volume 26, American Aviation Publications, page 46:
      United Air Lines has chosen Gilliner 1066—a tough, durable, lightweight fiberglas polyester laminate—to line the cargo compartments of its fleet of cargo aircraft.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.