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ˈridgeway
[OE. hrycgweᵹ: see ridge n.1 4 and way n.]
A way or road along a ridge, esp. one following the ridge of downs or low hill-ranges. Also attrib.
938in Birch Cartul. Sax. II. 431 Þanon on þone norð⁓mystan hryc weᵹ. a1000in Kemble Cod. Dipl. III. 427 On ðone beorh to ðem ricgweᵹe; ðonne east andlang hricgweᵹes.
1565Cooper Thesaurus s.v. Plaga, An high ridge way paued with marble. 1778Eng. Gaz. (ed. 2) s.v. Childrey, The ridge-way, called Ickleton, part of the Roman Icknild⁓street, runs just above this place. 1861Smiles Engineers I. 157 In some districts they are called trackways or ridge⁓ways, being narrow causeways usually following the natural ridges of the country. 1882Jessopp Arcady 72 Across ridgeway plantations, furze breaks, and short cuts. |