n. (Naut.) Navigation along the coast; the details of coast pilotage. The carrying of trade along a country's coast; the transport of goods or passengers from one port or place to another in the same country.
- Petit cabotage is transport between ports on the same sea.
- Grand cabotage is transport between ports situated on different seas.
- River cabotage is transport between two inland points on an international river within one or more states.