passwayn.
/ˈpɑːsweɪ/, /ˈpasweɪ/, U.S. /ˈpæsˌweɪ/ Chiefly U.S.
A means of passing; a course, road, or route through. Also: = pass n.1 4c.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, passage, or means of access to a place > [noun]
patheOE
gangOE
gangwayOE
passagec1300
wenta1325
goingc1350
transit1440
way-wenta1450
accessa1460
traduct1535
conveyance1542
ancoming1589
passado1599
avenue1600
passageway?1606
pass1608
way-ganga1628
approach1633
duct1670
waygate?c1690
way-goa1694
vent1715
archway1802
passway1825
approach road1833
fairway1903
1825 Mechanics' Mag. 4 203/1 I hope we shall have a better passway than the present, otherwise we shall have the bridge down again.
1835 A. B. Longstreet Georgia Scenes 99 These were the only passways to the interior.
1874 J. W. Long Amer. Wild-fowl Shooting 161 There is a good passway for flight shooting.
1887 Times 10 Oct. 4/3 It would stop my passway in to the remainder [of the land] on one side.
1920 Blackwood's Mag. June 817/1 There is only one pass-way through the wild hills at the back..—a narrow defile.
1935 Ann. Assoc. Amer. Geographers 25 87 Along boundaries where acute tension is felt.., the soldier guard may mount to a military encampment, although only at crucial passways.
1988 K. Tyers Fusion Fire xx. 217 He broke into a run again, leading up the passway toward the drop shaft.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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