transfreight

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Alteration of transfrete, influenced by freight.

Verb[edit]

transfreight (third-person singular simple present transfreights, present participle transfreighting, simple past and past participle transfreighted)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Alternative spelling of transfrete
    • 1594, Robert Greene, The Tragical Reign of Selimus[1]:
      So thus disguised, my poor page and I / Fled fast to Smyrna; where in a dark cave / We meant t'await th'arrival of some ship / That might transfreight us safely unto Rhodes.