Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Lade \Lade\, v. t. [imp. {Laded}; p. p. {Laded}, {Laded}; p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Lading}.] [AS. hladan to heap, load, draw (water);
   akin to D. & G. laden to load, OHG. hladan, ladan, Icel.
   hla?a, Sw. ladda, Dan. lade, Goth. afhlapan. Cf. {Load},
   {Ladle}, {Lathe} for turning, {Last} a load.]
   1. To load; to put a burden or freight on or in; -- generally
      followed by that which receives the load, as the direct
      object.

            And they laded their asses with the corn. --Gen.
                                                  xlii. 26.

   2. To throw in out. with a ladle or dipper; to dip; as, to
      lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern.

            And chides the sea that sunders him from thence,
            Saying, he'll lade it dry to have his way. --Shak.

   3. (Plate Glass Manuf.) To transfer (the molten glass) from
      the pot to the forming table.

Lading \Lad"ing\, n.
   1. The act of loading.

   2. That which lades or constitutes a load or cargo; freight;
      burden; as, the lading of a ship.

   {Bill of lading}. See under {Bill}.

Source : WordNet®

lading
     n : goods carried by a large vehicle [syn: {cargo}, {freight}, {load},
          {loading}, {payload}, {shipment}, {consignment}]