0 present participle of ferry
1 to transport people or goods in a vehicle, especially regularly and often:
They consist of a quite limited number, hundreds not thousands, of men and women who have been ferrying aircraft in many cases since the beginning of the war.
I appreciate that, and of course the original scheme could have been equally used for ferrying ore to other ports which would take carriers of only limited size.
We know that the facilities for the concentration, for the ferrying over, and for the disembarkation of an expeditionary force are now much greater than they formerly were.
In any case, that figure did not include the large sums in sterling which would be needed for purposes of ferrying.
We have been ferrying aircraft, too, bringing them over by air.
They have done excellent work up to now, particularly in car ferrying, in trooping and in freight work, and they have not been badly treated.
That leaves only one carrier in reserve and one for ferrying replacement aircraft.
For example, the appointments arrangements are still appallingly bad, as are the transport facilities for ferrying patients to and fro.
