Causeway

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Causeway \Cause"way\ (k[add]z"w[asl]), Causey \Cau"sey\
     ((k[add]"z[y^]), n. [OE. cauci, cauchie, OF. cauchie, F.
     chauss['e]e, from LL. (via) calciata, fr calciare to make a
     road, either fr. L. calx lime, hence, to pave with limestone
     (cf. E. chalk), or from L. calceus shoe, from calx heel,
     hence, to shoe, pave, or wear by treading.]


     A way or road raised above the natural level of the ground,
     serving as a dry passage over wet or marshy ground.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           But that broad causeway will direct your way. --Dryden.
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           The other way Satan went down
           The causey to Hell-gate.                 --Milton.
     [1913 Webster] Causewayed

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  causeway
       n : a road that is raised above water or marshland or sand
       v 1: provide with a causeway; "A causewayed swamp"
       2: pave a road with cobblestones or pebbles

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  74 Moby Thesaurus words for "causeway":
     Autobahn, US highway, alley, alleyway, arterial, arterial highway,
     arterial street, artery, autoroute, autostrada, avenue,
     belt highway, blind alley, boulevard, bypass, byway, camino real,
     carriageway, causey, chaussee, circumferential, close,
     corduroy road, county road, court, crescent, cul-de-sac,
     dead-end street, dike, dirt road, drive, driveway, expressway,
     freeway, gravel road, highroad, highway, highways and byways,
     interstate highway, lane, local road, main drag, main road, mews,
     motorway, parkway, pave, paved road, pike, place, plank road,
     primary highway, private road, right-of-way, ring road, road,
     roadbed, roadway, route nationale, row, royal road, secondary road,
     speedway, state highway, street, superhighway, terrace,
     thoroughfare, through street, thruway, toll road, township road,
     turnpike, wynd
  
  

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Causeway
     a raised way, an ascent by steps, or a raised slope between Zion
     and the temple (1 Chr. 26:16, 18). In 2 Chr. 9:11 the same word
     is translated "terrace."