Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CABOTAGE

Cab "o *tage, n. Etym: [F. cabotage, fr. caboter to sail along the coast; cf. Sp. cabo cape. ] (Naut. )

 

Defn: Navigation along the coast; the details of coast pilotage.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Cabot

Cab ot |ˈkabət ˈkæbət | the name of two Italian explorers and navigators. • John ( c. 1450 – c. 1498 ); Italian name Giovanni Caboto. An Italian in the service of England, he sailed from Bristol in 1497 in search of Asia, but in fact discovered the mainland of North America. • Sebastian ( c. 1475 – c. 1557 ), son of John. It is thought that he accompanied his father on his voyage in 1497 and that he made further voyages after the latter's death, most notably to explore the coast of Brazil and the Plate River in 1526.

 

cabotage

cab o tage |ˈkabəˌtäZH, -bətij ˈkæbətɑʒ | ▶noun the right to operate sea, air, or other transport services within a particular territory. • restriction of the operation of sea, air, or other transport services within or into a particular country to that country's own transport services. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from French, from caboter ‘sail along a coast, ’ perhaps from Spanish cabo ‘cape, headland. ’

 

Cabot Strait

Cab ot Strait |ˈkabət ˌkæbət ˈstreɪt | an ocean passage between Newfoundland and Nova Scotia that links the Gulf of St. Lawrence with the Atlantic Ocean.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Cabot Strait

Cab ot Strait |ˈkabət ˌkæbət ˈstreɪt | an ocean passage between Newfoundland and Nova Scotia that links the Gulf of St. Lawrence with the Atlantic Ocean.

 

Cabot

Cabot |ˈkabət | the name of two Italian explorers and navigators: • John ( c. 1450 – c. 1498 ); Italian name Giovanni Caboto. He sailed from Bristol in 1497 in search of Asia, but in fact landed on the mainland of North America, the first European to do so. • Sebastian ( c. 1475 –1557 ), son of John. Sebastian accompanied his father on his voyage in 1497 and made further voyages after the latter's death, most notably to Brazil and the River Plate (1526 ).

 

cabotage

cabotage |ˈkabətɑːʒ, -ɪdʒ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the right to operate sea, air, or other transport services within a particular territory. • restriction of the operation of sea, air, or other transport services within or into a particular country to that country's own transport services. ORIGIN mid 19th cent. (in the sense ‘coastal trade ’): from French, from caboter ‘sail along a coast ’, perhaps from Spanish cabo ‘cape, headland ’.

 

Duden Dictionary

Cabotage

Ca bo ta ge , die Kabotage |…ˈtaːʒə |

 

French Dictionary

cabot

cabot adj. m. et n. m. adjectif masculin familier Forme abrégée de cabotin. nom masculin familier Chien. Prononciation Le t ne se prononce pas, [kabo ] Note Orthographique cabo t.

 

cabotage

cabotage n. m. nom masculin Navigation marchande à peu de distance des côtes.

 

caboteur

caboteur n. m. nom masculin Navire qui fait le cabotage.

 

cabotin

cabotin , ine adj. et n. m. et f. adjectif et nom masculin et féminin Qui est prétentieux et affecté. : Ce comédien est un peu cabotin. Note Technique S ’abrège familièrement en cabot (s ’écrit sans point ).

 

cabotinage

cabotinage n. m. nom masculin Attitude du cabotin.

 

cabotiner

cabotiner v. intr. verbe intransitif Agir en cabotin. aimer

 

Spanish Dictionary

cabotaje

cabotaje nombre masculino 1 Tráfico marítimo a lo largo de la costa, especialmente para comerciar :por temor al posible contrabando se exige a los barcos de cabotaje mucha documentación .2 Arg Transporte público aeronáutico entre puntos de un mismo país :es piloto de vuelos de cabotaje .ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo (s. xviii ) del francés cabotage , derivado del francés cabo ‘lengua de tierra que se adentra en el mar ’. De la familia etimológica de cabo (V.).