Cabotage
CABOTAGE, the French term for coasting-trade, a coast-pilotage. It is probably derived from cabot, a small boat, with which the name Cabot may be connected; the conjecture that the word comes from cabo, the Spanish for cape, and means "sailing from cape to cape", has little foundation.
Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)
