driftwayn.

/ˈdrɪftweɪ/

Etymology: < drift n. + way n.¹ and int.¹

1. A lane or road along which cattle or horses are driven to pasture or market; a drove-road: see also quot. 1884. (In local use.)

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > [noun] > along which cattle are driven

drovelOE

drove way1235

driftway1611

drift1686

drove road1740

1611 Award conc. Holland Fen, Lincolnsh. The said commoners..to leave a driftway for the cattle and beasts of the said Edward Dymocke.

1772 Rec. Colony Rhode Island (1862) VII. 54 An Act empowering the several town councils..to lay out drift-ways in their respective towns.

1880 J. Williams Rights of Common 324 A way may be either a footway, or a bridleway, or a driftway for cattle.

1884 E. E. Hale Christmas in Narragansett xi. 41 ‘Driftway’..is..a cross-road to the sea by which the sea-weed..may be hauled up to their homes.

2. Nautical. The amount by which a vessel drifts out of her course; lee-way.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > [noun] > course > deviation or drift

sag1589

leeway1669

drift1671

driftway1721

leeward-way1727

sagging1769

driftage1862

1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Drift Way, (of a Ship) is the same as Lee~way.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk.

3. Mining, etc. = drift n. 15; also, a small gallery driven in advance of a tunnel, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > passage > horizontal

drift1653

sump1681

heading1811

driftway1843

drive1856

day drift1859

downdrift1868

header1872

1843 Penny Cycl. XXV. 371/2 The miners begin to excavate laterally by forming a heading or driftway along the level of the upper part of the tunnel. Sometimes such a drift is formed throughout the whole length of the tunnel before any part is opened out to the full size.

1861 S. Smiles Lives Engineers I. 444 The excavations..proceeded in opposite directions to meet the other driftways..in progress.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	driftway
释义	driftwayn. /ˈdrɪftweɪ/ Etymology: < drift n. + way n.¹ and int.¹ 1. A lane or road along which cattle or horses are driven to pasture or market; a drove-road: see also quot. 1884. (In local use.) ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > [noun] > along which cattle are driven drovelOE drove way1235 driftway1611 drift1686 drove road1740 1611 Award conc. Holland Fen, Lincolnsh. The said commoners..to leave a driftway for the cattle and beasts of the said Edward Dymocke. 1772 Rec. Colony Rhode Island (1862) VII. 54 An Act empowering the several town councils..to lay out drift-ways in their respective towns. 1880 J. Williams Rights of Common 324 A way may be either a footway, or a bridleway, or a driftway for cattle. 1884 E. E. Hale Christmas in Narragansett xi. 41 ‘Driftway’..is..a cross-road to the sea by which the sea-weed..may be hauled up to their homes. 2. Nautical. The amount by which a vessel drifts out of her course; lee-way. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > [noun] > course > deviation or drift sag1589 leeway1669 drift1671 driftway1721 leeward-way1727 sagging1769 driftage1862 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Drift Way, (of a Ship) is the same as Lee~way. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 3. Mining, etc. = drift n. 15; also, a small gallery driven in advance of a tunnel, etc. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > passage > horizontal drift1653 sump1681 heading1811 driftway1843 drive1856 day drift1859 downdrift1868 header1872 1843 Penny Cycl. XXV. 371/2 The miners begin to excavate laterally by forming a heading or driftway along the level of the upper part of the tunnel. Sometimes such a drift is formed throughout the whole length of the tunnel before any part is opened out to the full size. 1861 S. Smiles Lives Engineers I. 444 The excavations..proceeded in opposite directions to meet the other driftways..in progress. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1611
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