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van line

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noun

  1. a transportation company that uses large motor vans for the long-distance moving of household effects.

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But the French van line lay at a greater angle to the windward attack, and here the British advance was much nearer the perpendicular.

From Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima by Hale, John Richard

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