ringwayn.
/ˈrɪŋweɪ/, U.S. /ˈrɪŋˌweɪ/ British.
A circular road or system of roads, spec. a major one round an urban area, esp. London.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > for wheeled vehicles > ring road or by-pass
ring road1874
beltline1922
bypass1922
beltway1951
ringway1960
orbital1970
1960 Times 30 Sept. 14/6 A long curved line of shops and offices stands along the ring-way only a few yards from the church.
1969 Daily Tel. 16 Apr. 17/6 The council's plans for ringways were absolutely essential if London was to remain a major world city.
1973 R. Busby Pattern of Violence vi. 96 The familiar streets..down the east ringway to the Queen's underpass.
1996 R. Mabey Flora Britannica 219/2 The show on the banks of the M25 shortly after it opened was one of the ringway's few uplifting features.
2009 P. Headicar Transport Policy & Planning in Brit. ii. v. 91 In London the GLDP incorporated long-standing proposals for a series of new orbital routes—now of motorway standard and termed ‘ringways’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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