"Ballasted" is a word in ENGLISH

Gravel, broken stone, etc., laid in the bed of a railroad to make it firm and solid.

Any heavy matter put into the car of a balloon to give it steadiness.

To steady, as a vessel, by putting heavy substances in the hold.

Fig.: That which gives, or helps to maintain, uprightness, steadiness, and security.

To fill in, as the bed of a railroad, with gravel, stone, etc., in order to make it firm and …

Any heavy substance, as stone, iron, etc., put into the hold to sink a vessel in the water to such …

The larger solids, as broken stone or gravel, used in making concrete.

To keep steady; to steady, morally.

In marine Insurance. There is considerable analogy between ballast and dunnage. The former ls used for trlmming-the ship, and bringing …

A toll paid for the privilege of taking up ballast in a port or harbor.

A toll pald for the privilege of taking up ballast from the bottom of a port or harbor

of Ballast

That which is used for steadying anything; ballast.

The line of flotation of a vessel when properly trimmed with cargo or ballast.

The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad.

The basket, box, or cage suspended from a balloon to contain passengers, ballast, etc.

Liable to careen or be overset, as a ship when she is too narrow, or has not sufficient ballast, or …

In Freuch marine law. A discharging of ballast (lest) from a vessel

In marltime law. A per-manent ballast, consisting usually of pigs of iron, cast in a particular form, or other weighty …

Pigs of iron used for ballast.