bypath

/ ˈbaɪˌpɑːθ /

noun

1. a little-used path or track, esp in the country

Example Sentences

Ogion’s seemed a long road towards mastery, a slow bypath to follow, when he might go sailing before the seawinds straight to the Inmost Sea, to the Isle of the Wise, where the air was bright with enchantments and the Archmage walked amidst wonders.

From Literature

She read on, following the commentary through the mazy paths it led her on, until she came to: Keeping still is the mountain; it is a bypath; it means little stones, doors, and openings.

From Literature

And then she remembered what the I Ching had said: a bypath...little stones, doors, and openings.

From Literature

But Hawkesworth was unmoved by either, and at length the fellow, seeing that he was not to be intimidated either by his lordship's name or his own menaces, thought better of it--as these gentlemen commonly did when they were resisted; and springing back with a parting oath, he took to his heels, and saved himself down a bypath.

From Project Gutenberg

He drove Scrope before him along a bypath, leaving the Parson standing alone in the moonlight.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• course
• path
• road
• street
• track
• trail