| 单词 | quarter-road |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquarter-road quarter-road n. (a) a road that marks the boundary of a quarter (now historical); †(b) a road with quarters separated by horse-track and ruts (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > for wheeled vehicles wheel-waya785 quarter-road1749 wheel-road1823 motorway1897 1749 R. Lindsay Hist. Scotl. 1436 to 1565 v. 368 The same year there arose great troubles in the borders of Scotland and England, called the Quarter-roads. 1767 A. Young Farmer's Lett. 282 A broad-wheel waggon will go in any quarter-road. 1876 Mississippi in 1875 II. 1615 There were six killed on the Edgefield plantation... They were right in the quarter road. 1991 R. B. Fleming Railway King of Canada i. 6 The first surveyor of Eldon Township left many abrupt double curves in the quarter roads, which settlers attributed to his fondness for whiskey. < as lemmas |
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