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S(c)hipping, vbl. n. Also: shippe-, schypp-, schip-, scheip- and -inge, -yng, -in, -yn(e, -ein; schepeing; (schiptering). [ME and e.m.E. scipping, s(c)hipping (all Cursor M.), schepyng (14th c.), sheppyng (1535); S(c)hip v.]

1. A ship, or ships, as a means of transport. Also pl. in same sense.To get, tak, schipping, to obtain a ship or ships, or accommodation on ships; to embark (for (towart, to) a place).(1) sing. c1420 Wynt. ii 1328.
Hym behuwyd oure a se, And schyppyn [C. schippyn, W. schippin] nane to that hade he Ib. v 5173.
Schyppyng thare he gat redy Ib. vii 2934.
Thai … come syne to thare schyppyn rycht 1586 Cal. Sc. P. IX 149.
Furnis them schipping, and thay shall retourne home agene 1598 Reg. Privy C. V 468.
That his lordschipis houshald … be furneischit in scheiping and viveris upoun his majesties expenssispl. 1530–1 Acta Conc. Publ. Aff. 348.
Wele bodin in feir of weir, furnest with vittalis, wappyngis and schippingis at Kintale(2) 1375 Barb. iii 400.
Schir Nele … sua trawellit he That he gat schippyne gud plente, And wittalis c1420 Wynt. ii 812.
This gentyll-man and hys menyhe Gat schyppyng sone, and tuk the se And saylyd Affryk all abowt 1585 Prestwick B. Rec. 133.
He presentlie wes imbarkit in ane litill bark becaus he culd get na better schipping(3) 1584 Gowrie P. 30.
Meaning … [to leave the country], I purposed to take shippinge a1597-1617 Hist. Jas. VI (1825) 221.
The … port, whare he sould have tayne shipping towart Kintyre a1605 Birrel Diary 62.
The general maister … tuik shipping to Lundone

2. The action of putting things on board a ship. 1499 Halyb. 161.
Paid for the schipin of my lordis stan in Brugis … 24 s. 1511 Treas. Acc. IV 300.
Send … with Robert Jameson … in his schip … xxj pece takkill … for schippein and having of thame on burd 1522 Dundee B. Ct. I fol. 116b (12 Dec.).
Thar billis of merchandis anent the schiptering of thar gudis in mawnis schip of this last rais 1531–2 M. Works Acc. (ed.) I 108.
To the pynouris for bering and schipping of the samen [wainscot] to their vage 1532 Treas. Acc. VI 156.
For pynour fee and schipping of the wyne, aill and gunnis xij d. 1547 Perth Guildry p. 253 (14 Oct.).
Ordinit Wm. Drummond to produce in write the price of the selling of his merchandis gudis … berand the waring thairof and schipping of the samyn dewlie as efferis 1569 Treas. Acc. XII 162.
For expensis … upoun certane pyonaris and werkmen in careing, schipping and boting of hir [sc. a cannon] 1589–1600 Skipper's Acc. (Morton) 64a.
For schepeing of our mane sall vii s. 8 d. 1616 M. Works Acc. (ed.) II 23.
To pay for some small dewtyes as quharfage and schipping thairof [sc. timber] 1674 Reg. Privy C. 3 Ser. IV 3 163.
The petitioner … having severall affaires to doe in shipping, livering and entering of goods 1676 Edinb. B. Rec. X 289.
That all materialls for shippeing at Leith … might be made … within this kingdome

b. ? The action of transporting (persons or things) by ship. 1622-6 Bisset II 201/7.
Caria, the induellaris quhairof war maist famos for schipping

c. comb. In schiping-place. 1596 Dalr. I 55/24.
A porte, or surer schiping place lychtlie sal ȝe nocht find. … It is … in the ley of a hich montane