Lexic.us

Definition of Causeway

1. Verb. Provide with a causeway. "A causewayed swamp"

2. Noun. A road that is raised above water or marshland or sand.

3. Verb. Pave a road with cobblestones or pebbles.

Definition of Causeway

1. n. A way or road raised above the natural level of the ground, serving as a dry passage over wet or marshy ground.

Definition of Causeway

1. Noun. A road that is raised, as to be above water, marshland etc. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Causeway

1. to build a causeway (a raised roadway) over [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Causeway

causees causeful causeless causelessly causelessness causen causer causerie causeries causers

causes causes of action causes of cancer causest causeth causeway (current term) causewayed causewaying causeways causey

causeyed causeymaker causeymakers causeys causidical causimomancy causing caustic caustic alkali caustic curve

Literary usage of Causeway

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ireland: Its Scenery, Character, &c. by Samuel Carter Hall (1843)
"The Little causeway is first approached from the west; next is the Middle causeway, ... The Great causeway is, however, the leading object of attraction. ..."

2. Biblical Researches in Palestine, and in the Adjacent Regions: A Journal of by Edward Robinson (1874)
"The causeway and the street upon it pass along on the north of Zion, and-do not now touch its northeast corner; although the aqueduct from Solomon's pools ..."

3. Biblical Researches in Palestine, 1838-52: A Journal of Travels in the Year 1838 by Edward Robinson, Eli Smith (1856)
"The causeway and the street upon it pass along on the north of Zion, and do not now touch its northeast corner; although the aqueduct from Solomon's pools ..."

4. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland by Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1900)
"He admitted that the causeway was a real road of some sort, but, for reasons which seem to me satisfactory, he denied that it possessed any claim to be ..."

5. Later Biblical Researches in Palestine and the Adjacent Regions by Edward Robinson (1856)
"The causeway and the street upon it pass along on the north of Zion, and do not now touch its northeast corner; although the aqueduct from Solomon's pools ..."

6. St. Lucia by Don Philpott (2005)
"Pigeon Point is now connected to the mainland by a causeway built from ... There is a spectacular drive along the causeway to i the parking area at the ..."

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