jerquing

English

Etymology

Verbal noun from jerque.

Noun

jerquing (uncountable)

1. (UK, archaic) The searching of a ship for undocumented goods.

Related terms

• jerquer

References

• “jerquing”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.