What is "unloading"

Usage examples of "unloading".

Standing near each mobile staircase were his own guys, Port Authority cops and EMS people, positioned to get on board and begin the shitty job of unloading the corpses.

The thin serving woman is already two tables past him, unloading the rest of the meal from her wooden tray onto the table of the largest group: the man and woman with the three male blades, clearly an eastern party, beyond the impact of the Legend.

Derrild while the two guards begin unloading the bags and transferring them into a solid red-oak locker encircled in black iron.

It is not the unloading that is difficult, but the climbing up the stairs and the determination of which items go to which bins or lockers.

Some of the unloading goes more easily from that point, since Creslin is handed the goods that bear clearly labeled destinations.

The fill-master swivels the unloading spout to direct the smaller granite chunks into the space between the two base blocks and above the stone drain.

Stepping to the other side of the unloading platform, the man who has no name, none that he can presently remember, reclaims his empty basket and trudges back toward the wizards in white.

The nameless man racks his basket, waits until it is full, then strains away from the rack and staggers onto the heavy plank walk that leads back to the unloading rack, leaning forward and squinting against the-rising sun.

He stumbles up to the unloading platform, performs the routine, and staggers back along the boards.

He supposes he is, but he turns, and after easing past the guards and troopers still unloading the Griffin, he steps aboard the ship.

His job was the unloading of the surplus fodder, and I marvelled at the effortless way he roped and hoisted the heavy bags and bales onto the hook which swung down again and again from the crane on the quay.

As Noel and Joe leaped into action and commenced the unloading, a party of Turkish vets arrived to inspect the animals.

A family from next door, transferring to a new life, were provided with an immediate reminder of the old by the unloading of the sleeping Nicholas in an armchair.

Hundreds of sailors and longshoremen swarmed over the docks, loading and unloading cargo.

It also had its own quaestor, who was responsible for overseeing the unloading and onward shipment of the grain supply, and responsible too for the levying of all customs and excise duties.