no-thoroughfaren.
/ˌnəʊˈθʌrəfɛː/, U.S. /ˈnoʊˈθərəˌfɛ(ə)r/ A street, passage, or way from which there is no exit at one end; a cul-de-sac. Also in extended use.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > cul-de-sac > [noun]
blind lanec1386
turn-again lane1531
blind alley1582
close1723
turn-again alley1754
loke1787
cul-de-sac1800
no-thoroughfare1809
dead-ender1870
impasse1882
blind lead1885
no through road1933
society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, passage, or means of access to a place > [noun] > which one may lawfully use > absence of
no thoroughfare1756
no-thoroughfare1809
1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. ii. iii. 193 I was on my way to No Thoroughfare.
1815 L. Simond Jrnl. Tour Great Brit. II. 259 One of those no-thoroughfare lanes or courts.
1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) ix. 98 In the throats and maws of dark no-thoroughfares.
1870 J. H. Newman Ess. Gram. Assent ii. vii. 211 A host of like questions..must be deliberately put aside,..as (so to speak) no-thoroughfares, having no outlet themselves [etc.].
1913 Q. Rev. Apr. 575 In lieu of the no-thoroughfare it had theretofore been with no exit except in the west, the Suez Canal transformed it into a corridor of continents.
1992 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 12 Oct. 3 Gallup, which has a sharp bend, was not designed as a thoroughfare but turning it into a no-thoroughfare was not an option. Gallup had been a closed street about 15 years ago.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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