Amer. Hist. a pattern of colonial commerce in which slaves were bought on the African Gold Coast with New England rum and then traded in the West Indies for sugar or molasses, which was brought back to New England to be manufactured into rum.
TRIANGULAR TRADE
Meaning of TRIANGULAR TRADE in English
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012