verb
lade
To load cargo onto a ship or other vehicle.
The dockworkers lade the ship with crates before it departs.
Etymology
The inherited verb means to load or heap up. Lade preserves that action when cargo is placed aboard a vessel or another vehicle.
More examples
- They lade sacks of grain onto the waiting barge.
- We must lade the truck before the driver arrives.
- The vessel is laden with timber for the journey.
Forms
lade · lades · laded · laden · lading