corduroy road

noun

1. a road across swampy ground, made of logs laid transversely

Example Sentences

Grand Haven Township Manager Bill Cargo says that an approximately 50-foot section of “corduroy road” was discovered Monday as crews installed a storm sewer during a reconstruction project.

From Washington Times

Cargo says a corduroy road, or “log road,” is made by placing logs perpendicular to the direction of the route of low or swampy areas.

From Washington Times

Grand Haven Township Manager Bill Cargo says that an approximately 50-foot section of “corduroy road” was discovered Monday as crews installed a storm sewer during a reconstruction project.

From Seattle Times

Cargo says a corduroy road, or “log road,” is made by placing logs perpendicular to the direction of the route of low or swampy areas.

From Seattle Times

Then he made what was known as a “corduroy road”—laying logs to form roads over swampland.

From Wall Street Journal