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trackway

[ trak-wey ]

/ ˈtrækˌweɪ /

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noun

railway(def 3).

a path or roadway; track.

Origin of trackway

First recorded in 1810–20; track + way¹

Words nearby trackway

trackpad, tracks, trackside, tracksuit, trackwalker, trackway, track‐train dynamics, tract, tract house, tract society, tractable

Example sentences from the Web for trackway

The load is carried along a trackway consisting of a single span of suspended cable, which covers a comparatively short distance.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 |Various
One of the Cossacks came with us, according to his orders; the other stayed with the horses and their owners in the trackway.

Dariel |R. D. Blackmore
The adventurers took their weapons, and crept through the scrub to the trackway "to hear the bells."

On the Spanish Main |John Masefield
They lie on the edge of an old Roman trackway, well defined, which extends along the watershed between Thames and Avon.

Edwy the Fair or the First Chronicle of Aescendune |A. D. Crake

The trackway or rail rope rests upon saddles of iron or hard wood on the tops of terminal supports, usually known as towers.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 |Various