carriageway

[ kar-ij-wey ]

/ ˈkær ɪdʒˌweɪ /

a road or lane of a road for use by automobiles.

Origin of carriageway

First recorded in 1790–1800; carriage + way¹

“Barthorpe Herapath turned into the carriageway and went into the office,” continued Burchill.

The Herapath Property |J. S. Fletcher
The carriageway was kept clear by mild policemen who now and then allowed one of the crowd to cross it.

The March Family Trilogy, Complete |William Dean Howells
North went down the carriageway, and Herbert reëntered the house.

The Just and the Unjust |Vaughan Kester
A mile away was a wooden box-bridge with a carriageway on one side and the single track on the other.

Harper's Round Table, July 2, 1895 |Various

The width of the carriageway is 20 feet, and footway five feet.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction |Various

carriageway

/ (ˈkærɪdʒˌweɪ) /

British the part of a road along which traffic passes in a single line moving in one direction only a dual carriageway