Transportation; carriage; conveyance.

The Romans stipulated with the Carthaginians to furnish them with ships for transport and war.

1. A ship or vessel employed for carrying soldiers, warlike stores or provisions from one place to another, or to convey convicts to the place of their destination.

2. Rapture; ecstasy. The news of victory was received with transports of joy.

3. A convict transported or sentenced to exile.