单词 | fosse way |
释义 | > as lemmasFosse Way Fosse Way n. (also Foss Way) [see etymological note] (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 western limit of the first stage of the Roman occupation of Britain. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > specific roads Watling Streetc885 fosseOE Fosse Streetc1175 Fosse Way1422 Fosse Road1724 Outer Circle1829 corniche road1837 Salarian Way1866 silk route1913 North Circular1921 Radar Alley1971 1422 in J. E. B. Gover et al. Place-names Wilts. (1939) 15 Le Fossewey. 1555 H. Latimer Let. in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) xi. 1316/2 And as for Pilgrimage, you woulde wonder what iuggling there is to gette money withall. I dwell within a halfe mile, of the Fosseway, and you woulde wonder to see how they come by flockes out of the West countrey. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 562 The Feldon, or champion part, which, that ancient Fosse-way (a thing that would not bee overpassed) cutteth overthwart. a1741 C. Fiennes Journeys (1947) iv. vi. 333 High Crosse.., where the two great Roads meete that divides the kingdom in the Saxons tyme in 4 parts, the Whatling Streete.., and the Fosse Way. 1838 Penny Cycl. X. 381/1 From Aquæ Solis the Foss-way continued its course in a pretty direct line to Ischalis (Ilchester), of which town it forms the principal street. 2005 Heritage Mar. 49/1 There's evidence that the conquering Roman army made use of the site, and later incorporated one of the trackways into the Fosse Way. < as lemmas |
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