/stee"vi dawr', -dohr'/ , n. , v. , stevedored, stevedoring .
n.
1. a firm or individual engaged in the loading or unloading of a vessel.
v.t.
2. to load or unload the cargo of (a ship).
v.i.
3. to load or unload a vessel.
[ 1780-90, Amer.; estibador, equiv. to estib ( ar ) to pack, stow (see STEEVE 1 ) + -ador -ATOR ]