"shipping lane" meaning in English

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      "form": "shipping lanes",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1931 June 8, “Science: No Icebergs”, in Time:",
          "text": "Something has happened to North Atlantic icebergs this season. Up to last week only two small \"growlers\" had floated into the shipping lanes.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1987 July 30, Bernard E. Trainor, “Showdown in Gulf”, in New York Times, retrieved 2013-02-18:",
          "text": "Ships line up on the buoys to insure they do not stray from the shipping lane.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2008 December 17, David Clarke, “Chinese ship rescued from pirates in Gulf of Aden”, in Reuters, retrieved 2013-02-18:",
          "text": "A multilateral force rescued a Chinese ship from Somali pirates on Wednesday, in a sign foreign navies patrolling the shipping lane linking Europe to Asia are adopting tougher new tactics.",
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      "glosses": [
        "A route across an ocean, sea, or other body of water which is regularly used by commercial maritime vessels."
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          "route",
          "route"
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          "commercial",
          "commercial"
        ],
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          "maritime",
          "maritime"
        ],
        [
          "vessel",
          "vessel"
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      ]
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  "word": "shipping lane"
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      "form": "shipping lanes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "en",
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          "ref": "1931 June 8, “Science: No Icebergs”, in Time:",
          "text": "Something has happened to North Atlantic icebergs this season. Up to last week only two small \"growlers\" had floated into the shipping lanes.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1987 July 30, Bernard E. Trainor, “Showdown in Gulf”, in New York Times, retrieved 2013-02-18:",
          "text": "Ships line up on the buoys to insure they do not stray from the shipping lane.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2008 December 17, David Clarke, “Chinese ship rescued from pirates in Gulf of Aden”, in Reuters, retrieved 2013-02-18:",
          "text": "A multilateral force rescued a Chinese ship from Somali pirates on Wednesday, in a sign foreign navies patrolling the shipping lane linking Europe to Asia are adopting tougher new tactics.",
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        "A route across an ocean, sea, or other body of water which is regularly used by commercial maritime vessels."
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  "word": "shipping lane"
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