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causeway

[kawz-wey]

noun

  1. a raised road or path, as across low or wet ground.

  2. a highway or paved way.



verb (used with object)

  1. to pave (a road or street) with cobblestones or pebbles.

  2. to provide with a causeway.

causeway

/ ˈɔːˌɱɪ /

noun

  1. a raised path or road crossing water, marshland, sand, etc

  2. a paved footpath

  3. a road surfaced with setts

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of causeway1

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; causey, way 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of causeway1

C15 cauciwey (from cauci + way ); cauci paved road, from Medieval Latin ( via ) calciāta, calciātus paved with limestone, from Latin calx limestone
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He's only ever known life on an island connected to the quarantined British mainland by a single, heavily defended causeway.

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They are a slightly lighter colour than the iconic hexagonal black basalt at the point of the causeway.

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On Tuesday, a witness who lives near the causeway said he had been alerted to the incident by the children who were with Kaliyah "shouting, screaming".

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“At Vasagård the deposition of the engraved stones correlates with a change from activities centred on the causewayed enclosure to new rituals taking place in small, circular cult houses inside wooden palisades,” the authors write.

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Archaeologists found pyramids, sports fields, causeways connecting districts and amphitheatres in the southeastern state of Campeche.

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