tote road

noun

1. an unpaved road for carrying supplies, as to a camp or clearing.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tote road¹

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

The park on Monday is opening Togue Pond and Matagamon gates for vehicle access on the park’s Tote Road.

From Washington Times

They were seen like this one morning by a timber-cruising forester returning to his jeep along an old tote road deep in the Ironmouth Range.

From Literature

The road over which the two sturdy Canadian shaggy ponies were dragging the sledge was only a logging or “tote” road along which teams sometimes went on the way to or from some logging camp situated nearer the river.

From Project Gutenberg

Tote′-road, a rough road for carriers.

From Project Gutenberg

The horse quickly retraced his steps up the hill to the tote road.

From Project Gutenberg