pretransportation

English

Etymology

pre- +‎ transportation

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Adjective

pretransportation (not comparable)

1. Before transportation (deportation to a penal colony).
   • 2013, David Hunt, Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia, volume 1:

     James went through the courts and spent months in a crowded cell without anyone realising he was a she. After the sentence was commuted, her gender was revealed during the compulsory pre-transportation bath and an appeal was lodged for her pardon.