roadscapen.
/ˈrəʊdskeɪp/, U.S. /ˈroʊdˌskeɪp/ A view or prospect provided by a road or roads; a picture or other artistic interpretation of a road or roads. Also: landscaping of a road.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > [noun] > view or scenery > others
street scene1673
skyscape1811
streetscape1833
cityscape1856
skyline1875
townscape1880
roofscape1891
roadscape1899
farmscape1922
manscape1927
slumscape1947
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [noun] > landscape-painting > a landscape or view > type of
paysage1611
winter piece1612
rockscape1754
pastoral1798
skyscape1811
snow scene1836
icescape1839
cloudscape1868
townscape1880
winterscape1884
treescape1885
farmscape1886
cowscape1896
roadscape1899
cityscape1915
dunescape1928
slumscape1947
hellscape1959
jungle-scape1973
1899 Independent 6 Apr. 1719 The roadscape, as it winds its way 'Twixt gutter-kerb and roundelay.
1903 Public Policy 21 Feb. 116/1 Teaching lessons in forestry, floriculture and roadscape art.
1913 J. J. Hissey Leisurely Tour Eng. 48 Scotch firs..with their tall red trunks and twisted branches..give quite a character to the roadscape, if I may employ so odd a term.
1959 Archit. Rev. 125 245/3 In turning over pictures of German autobahnen, so competent in detail, it comes almost as a relief to find a piece of roadscape that doesn't work,—an example of how not to do it.
1968 Radio Times 28 Nov. 21/1 Roadscape with rusting rails... The second of four talks on Los Angeles.
1980 Washington Post (Nexis) 11 Jan. d1 Among the memorable pictures here are..Cameron's grass studies, Power's early roadscapes, [etc.].
1999 R. Patterson End to Innoc. (2000) v. 64 The multi-colored blossoms and flowers of the trees brightened up the otherwise bleak looking roadscape.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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