trade route

any route usually taken by merchant ships, caravans, etc.

Origin of trade route

First recorded in 1875–80

Thus then ended the second attempt to establish a trade-route between China and India.

Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art |Various
He had made himself master of southern Mesopotamia and the Euphrates Valley trade-route by the year 609.

The Ancient East |D. G. Hogarh
There can be no question, therefore, as to the trade-route to Ss-chuan.

Three Years in Western China |Alexander Hosie
The Grand Road was now defined; thenceforth it was a trade-route to which commerce naturally turned.

The African Colony |John Buchan

For deep-sea or trade-route cruising the smaller craft were of little use.

The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore |John R. Hutchinson