FERRY

noun

1. A ship used to transport people, smaller vehicles and goods from one port to another, usually on a regular schedule.
2. A place where passengers are transported across water in such a ship.
3. The legal right or franchise that entitles a corporate body or an individual to operate such a service.

verb

1. To carry; transport; convey.
2. To move someone or something from one place to another, usually repeatedly.
3. To carry or transport over a contracted body of water, as a river or strait, in a boat or other floating conveyance plying between opposite shores.