Causeway
['kɔːzweɪ] or ['kɔzwe]
Definition
(noun.) a road that is raised above water or marshland or sand.
(verb.) pave a road with cobblestones or pebbles.
(verb.) provide with a causeway; 'A causewayed swamp'.
Typed by Aileen--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Alt. of Causey
Edited by Aaron
Definition
n. a raised way through a marsh: a pathway raised and paved with stone: a paved street.—v.t. to pave.—p.adjs. Cause′wayed Caus′eyed.
Editor: Olivia
Examples
- I felt it would be degrading to faint with hunger on the causeway of a hamlet. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Yet the cold was merciful, for it was the cold night air and the rain that restored me from a swoon on the stones of the causeway. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Man and horse were down; they had slipped on the sheet of ice which glazed the causeway. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- One of the party dropped some weapon, which rang on the stone causeway. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- This causeway makes a sharp angle in its approach to the Burgh. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Lizzie, looking for her father, saw him coming, and stood upon the causeway that he might see her. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- About an hour after, Garland was ordered to advance directly along the causeway, and got up in time to take part in the engagement. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- At length we descried a light and a roof, and presently afterwards ran alongside a little causeway made of stones that had been picked up hard by. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Did I break through one of your rings, that you spread that damned ice on the causeway? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The street is narrow, and I keep carefully to the causeway. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Editor: Terence