trackwayn.
/ˈtrakweɪ/, U.S. /ˈtrækˌweɪ/ 1. A path beaten by the feet of passers, a track; also, an ancient British roadway, a ridgeway.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > track, trail, or path > [noun]
styc725
patheOE
stighta1340
trod-gatea1400
tread14..
pathwaya1450
terry1563
trod1570
trade way1589
track1643
trod-way1660
drifta1711
roadie1768
loke1787
trace1807
trail1807
trackway1818
mud pike1851
dirt track1902
1818 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. II. 98 Gould, speaking of his jet-ant (F[ormica] fuliginosa), says that they make several main track-ways, (streets he calls them,) with smaller paths striking off from them, extending sometimes to the distance of forty feet from their nest.
1826 W. A. Miles Descr. Deverel Barrow 8 The line of hill, south of Maiden-Castle, near Dorchester, where the British trackway runs for many miles.
1848 S. Rowe Peramb. Dartmoor 45 Trackways, under which designation those roads, or causeways, which cross the moor in various directions are generally known.
1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. xi. 135 They were no longer on hard road, but in a mere trackway.
2.
a. A tramway.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road laid with parallel planks, slabs, or rails > [noun]
tram-road1800
timber-road1803
tramway1825
tram1850
trackway1858
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Track-way, a tram-road.
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b. A railway ( Funk's Stand. Dict. 1895).
3. [ < track- comb. form.] A towing-path.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > track, trail, or path > [noun] > beside a canal or river for towing
line-way1464
towing-path1726
tow-path1788
track-road1828
track-path1839
trackway1873
barge-walk1880
1873 Act 36 & 37 Victoria c. 34 Preamble Any towing path and trackway on the bank of any navigable river.
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