transportability
(ˌtrɑːnspɔətəˈbɪlɪtɪ, ˌtræns-)
[f. next + -ity.]
Capability of being transported; in early quots. referring to translation of ministers (see transport v. 2 a, transportation 2 a).
| 1651 Reg. Comm. Gen. Assembly 24 Feb. (S.H.S.) III. 538 The motion anent Mr. George his transportabilitie is waved. 1676 Row Contn. Blair's Autobiog. xi. (1848) 344 Mr. Blair supplicated the Presbytery of S{supt} Andrews for an act of transportability. 1846 in Worcester. 1883 Century Mag. July 430/2 The fever's..transportability was fearfully proven. 1901 N. Amer. Rev. Feb. 222 The Transvaal war has shown the transportability..of the heaviest artillery... The Boers transported their ‘Long Tom’ as they might have transported a piano. |