The hire of a boat or ship to transport cargo.
Money paid to hire a vessel for this purpose; freight.
fraught money
The transportation of goods, especially in a boat or ship.
To load (a boat, ship, or other vessel) with cargo.
The ſhips are ſafe thou ſaiſt, and richly fraught?
Of a boat, ship, or other vessel: laden with cargo.
The ſhippes retyre with riches full yfraught, […]
From Middle English fraught, fraght, freght (“transport of goods or people (usually by water); charge for such transport; facilities for such transport; cargo or passengers of a ship; ballast of a shi...
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To burden or load (someone or something).
From God these heavy cares are sent for our unrests; / And with such burdens for our wealth he fraughteth full our breasts.
Carrying or loaded with anxiety, fear, or stress, for example, due to complexity or difficulty; distressed; also, causing distress; distressing.
a fraught relationship a fraught process