6 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
noun goods carried by a large vehicle
verb remove with or as if with a ladle
verb fill or place a load on
originGerund of lade (verb). Cognate with Dutch lading (“cargo, charge”), German Ladung (“cargo, charge”), Polish ładunek (“cargo, charge”), Swedish laddning (“charge”). Doublet of loading.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0