lade (1) — ONAD

lade1 /lād, leɪd

▸ verb

(past participle laden /ˈlādn/)

[with object] archaic load (a ship or other vessel).

▪ ship (goods) as cargo:

the surplus products must be laden on board the vessels.

▪ [no object] (of a ship) take on cargo:

vessels lade there.

– ORIGIN Old English hladan, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German laden ‘to load’, also to ladle and perhaps to lathe.