The English name given in pre-Conquest times to the Roman road running from near London through St. Albans to Wroxeter; by antiquarian writers…
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释义 | society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > specific roads (12) Watling Streetc885 The English name given in pre-Conquest times to the Roman road running from near London through St. Albans to Wroxeter; by antiquarian writers… fosseOE Usually with capital initial. = Fosse Way n. at compounds 2. In later use with the. Fosse Streetc1175 = Fosse Way n. Fosse Way1422 (chiefly with the) the name of an ancient Roman road which probably ran from Axminster to Lincoln via Bath and Leicester, and which marked the… Fosse Road1724 = Fosse Way n. Outer Circle1829 the road running round the perimeter of Regent's Park, London. corniche road1837 In full corniche road = cornice, n. 3; spec. (with capital initial) the road from Nice to Genoa overlooking the Mediterranean; hence, any coastal… Salarian Way1866 the name of an ancient road, the Via Salaria, running from Rome north-east to Reate (now Rieti) and later extended to the Adriatic. silk route1913 a trade route from China through India to the West, used in ancient times by traders in silk. North Circular1921 (more fully North Circular Road) a main road that bypasses a city centre to the north, esp. the road of this kind in London, north of the Thames (cf… Radar Alley1971 (the name of) a stretch of road having numerous radar traps. rare. Subcategories:— other Roman roads in Britain (1) |
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