double-handling

English

Noun

double-handling (uncountable)

1. The handling of anything more than once, e.g. goods in transit.
   • 1964 May, “News and Comment: Liner trains and the NUR”, in Modern Railways, page 290:

     It is essential under present-day labour costs to eliminate the double-handling which enters into every railway journey for miscellaneous merchandise.

Alternative forms

• double handling