lade, to

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lade, to, the old equivalent of to load, in relation to a ship and its cargo or a warship and its guns. Guns were laded when the cartridge was rammed home, the wad and ball similarly rammed, and the cartridge pierced with a priming iron to expose the powder ready for firing. The present participle, lading, was used as a noun to denote the whole of the cargo on board and ladebord, which later became larboard, as being the side of the ship on which it was loaded. See also port; superstitions of sailors.

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