causeway
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈkɔːz.weɪ/
causeway (plural causeways)
- A road that is raised, so as to be above water, marshland, and similar low-lying obstacles. Originally causeways were much like dykes, generally pierced to let water through, whereas many modern causeways are more like bridges or viaducts.
- 1836, Account of the Old Bridge at Stratford-le-Bow in Essex from Alfred Burges, Esq. addressed to Sir Henry Ellis
- . . .the passage over the water of the Luye at Stratford atte Bowe, anciently used to be in a certain place which is called the Old Forde, which is distant from the place where the bridges and causeway now are nearly one mile, at which passage many persons passing over it at divers times were drowned, and in great danger, and when after so much danger came to the knowledge of Lady Matilda, Queen of England […]
- 1836, Account of the Old Bridge at Stratford-le-Bow in Essex from Alfred Burges, Esq. addressed to Sir Henry Ellis
- French: chaussée
- German: Damm, Dammweg, Dammstraße, Fahrdamm, Bahndamm
- Italian: strada rialzata, selciato, lastricato
- Russian: да́мба
- Spanish: calzada elevada
causeway (causeways, present participle causewaying; past and past participle causewayed)
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