Home › Words › L › ladinglading/ˈleɪdɪŋ/lading · noun — the action of loading.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).lading is pronounced /ˈleɪdɪŋ/.EtymologyGerund of lade (verb). Cognate with Dutch lading (“cargo, charge”), German Ladung (“cargo, charge”), Polish ładunek (“cargo, charge”), Swedish laddning (“charge”). Doublet of loading.nounThe action of loading.Shipment, cargo, freight.e.g.“the ship remained there, in providing his lading and preparing for his voyage, nearly three months[…]” — 1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC:Burden.e.g.“Nor could I weary, heart or limb, When mighty Love would cleave in twain The lading of a single pain, And part it, giving half to him.” — 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XXV”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 42:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).