wagon-waywaggon-wayn.
/ˈwaɡənweɪ/, /ˈwaɡn̩weɪ/, U.S. /ˈwæɡənˌweɪ/ 1. An artificial road or a line of rails in a colliery upon which the coal wagons are run.
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society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > passage > for conveying coal, etc.
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1727 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman II. ii. Introd. 29 [A coal wagon] which by the means of an artificial road call'd a Waggon-way, goes with the help of but one horse..to the nearest River.
1837 L. Hebert Engin. & Mech. Encycl. II. 375 The intended rail-road, or ‘waggon-way’, as it was termed.
2. A road made for the passage of wagons; also a track made by wagons.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > for wheeled vehicles > for carts
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1764 Museum Rusticum 2 lii. 148 A Letter..on the Advantages of making good Roads, or Waggon-Ways, in a Farm.
1877 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 213 A wagon-way—not a road—has been made across this divide, by which heavy machinery has been hauled over.
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