sealift
nounEtymology From sea + lift; compare airlift.
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Government, Military, Politics, War Transportation by sea.
- We’re looking at both an airlift and a sealift,” Mr. Fugate told reporters in a conference call.2009 October 1, Liz Robbins, “Over 300 Die in Sumatra and Samoas Quakes”, in New York Times: