• (n.) That which is shipped. • (n.) The act or process of shipping; as, he was engaged in the shipment of coal for London; an active shipment of wheat from the West. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/shipment/
Ship'ment noun 1. The act or process of shipping; as, he was engaged in the shipment of coal for London; an active shipment of wheat from the West. 2. That which is shipped. « The question is, whether the share of M. in the shipment is exempted from condemn... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/89