trackway

[ trak-wey ]

noun

1. railway ( def 3 ).
2. a path or roadway; track.

Word History and Origins

Origin of trackway¹

First recorded in 1810–20; track + way ¹

Example Sentences

The rail is the successor of an immemorial trackway that linked Devon and Cornwall in days when they had not been subdivided.

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Turning at length, he hastened homeward along the now deserted trackway, intending to overtake the revitalized Avice.

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Eustacia bounded into the vehicle and sat on the stool, ensconced from view on the side towards the trackway.

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Such soils retain a reasonably smooth trackway in dry weather even when subjected to considerable traffic.

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It was thirty miles through the jungle, by a native trackway, to the nearest mission station at Effuenta.

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Related Words

• course
• highway
• lane
• line
• rail
• road
• roadway
• route
• street
• trail