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Seaway

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A lane or route at sea that is regularly used by ships; a sea lane or trade route.
  2. 2
    a lane at sea that is a regularly used route for vessels wordnet
  3. 3
    An inland waterway used by seagoing shipping.

    "The coracle […] was a very safe boat for a person of my height and weight, both buoyant and clever in a seaway; but she was the most cross-grained, lop-sided craft to manage."

  4. 4
    The headway of a vessel.

Etymology

From Middle English seewey, from Old English sǣweġ (“a seaway, a path through the sea”), equivalent to sea + way. Compare Saterland Frisian Seegong (“seaway, swell”), German Seegang (“seaway, swell”).

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