cabotage

cabotage [kab′ə tij, kab′ətäzh΄]

n.

[Fr < caboter, to sail along the coast < MFr cabo, cape < Sp < L caput, HEAD]

1. coastal navigation and trade, esp. between ports within a country

2. air transport within a country

3. the right to engage in cabotage, esp. as granted to foreign carriers