| 单词 | vicinal way or road |
| 释义 | > as lemmasvicinal way or road a. vicinal way or road, a local common way as distinguished from a highway; a by-road or crossroad. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > minor road or side road lateral1578 by-road1673 vicinal way or road1677 side road1691 cross-road1719 branch-road1831 feeder1855 secondary road1903 feeder road1959 1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 314 Of these [public ways] amongst the Romans some were called publick κατ' ἐξοχὴν, and others Vicinal. 1727 Magna Britannia IV. 210/2 Among the Vicinal Ways, or Chemini minores, there is also one in this County. 1790 T. Pennant Of London (1813) 13 A vicinal way went under Aldgate..towards Oldford. 1791 ‘T. Newte’ Prospects & Observ. Tour 259 From this permanent station, a vicinal or cross road is carried through Glenartney. 1807 G. Chalmers Caledonia I. i. iv. 135 From this place..there probably went off a vicinal way to the Roman stations in Tweedale. 1812 J. Bigland Beauties Eng. & Wales XVI. 15 This..appears to have been only a vicinal road of the Romans. 1878 T. Hardy Return of Native I. i. i. 11 In many portions of its course it overlaid an old vicinal way, which branched from the great Western road of the Romans. < as lemmas |
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