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sea-lane

sea-lane is the alternative spelling of sea lane.

Meaning of sea lane

Noun

sea lane (plural sea lanes)

  1. A regularly used route for ocean-going vessels.
    • “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?”1999, Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page 10
    Synonyms:
    seaway

Forms of sea-lane

pluralsea-lanes

Questions about sea-lane

What is sea-lane the alternative spelling of?
Sea-lane is the alternative spelling of sea lane.

Words near sea-lane in the dictionary

  1. sea-jellies
  2. sea-jelly
  3. sea-kindliness
  4. sea-kindly
  5. sea-laces
  6. sea-lane
  7. sea-lanes
  8. sea-lavender
  9. sea-lavenders
  10. sea-lawyer
  11. sea-lawyers

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