ＬＡＳＨ

noun

LASH; lighter aboard ship

Technical shipping term for a system where barges (lighters) are carried on a mother ship. Often seen in compounds like ラッシュ船 (LASH vessel).

See also: ラッシュ船

• ＬＡＳＨは、はしけを母ぼ船せんに積つみ込こむ輸ゆ送そう方ほう式しきです。

  LASH is a transport system where lighters are loaded onto a mother ship.

• ラッシュ船せんが港こう湾わんの混こん雑ざつ緩かん和わに役やく立だった。

  LASH vessels helped reduce port congestion.