transportal

English

Etymology

From transport +‎ -al.

Noun

transportal (uncountable)

1. (archaic) transportation (from one place to another)
   • 1859 November 24, Charles Darwin, “Geographical Distribution—continued”, in On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 392:

     […] few relations are more striking than the adaptation of hooked seeds for transportal by the wool and fur of quadrupeds.

References

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