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.