sea lane

See also: sea-lane

English

Alternative forms

• sea-lane

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?”

Synonyms

• seaway

Translations

a route used by ships

• Finnish: vesiväylä (fi)
• Hebrew: נְתִיב סַפָּנוּת (he) m (netiv sapanut)
• Italian: rotta marina f
• Maori: ara moana