sea lane

See also: sea-lane

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Etymology

sea + lane

Noun

sea lane (plural sea lanes)

  1. (nautical) A regularly used route for ocean-going vessels.
    • 1999, Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page 10:
      “What kind of men are you who arrive
      rigged out for combat in coats of mail,
      sailing here over sea-lanes
      in your steep-hulled boat?”

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