Causeway Definition

kôzwā
causeways
noun
A raised path or road, as across wet ground or water.
Webster's New World
A paved way or road; highway.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
To furnish with a causeway.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Causeway

Noun

Singular:
causeway
Plural:
causeways

Origin of Causeway

  • From Middle English cauceweye, with the first element from Anglo-Norman, Old Northern French caucee or caucie, cauchie, from Vulgar Latin *calciāta (compare modern French chaussée from Old French chaucie, itself from the same source), either from Latin calx, calcis ("limestone"), or alternatively from Latin calciāre (“to stamp with the heels, tread”), from calx (“heel”). The second element corresponds to English way.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English caucewei cauce raised road (from Norman French caucie) (from Medieval Latin calciāta (via) paved (road)) (from Latin calx calc- limestone calx) wei road (variant of way way)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Causeway Sentence Examples

  • In 1883 an electric railway, the first in the United Kingdom, was opened for traffic, connecting the Causeway with Portrush and Bushmills.

  • The neighbouring cliffs exhibit in many places columns similar to those of the Giant's Causeway, a considerable exposure of them being visible at a distance of Soo to 600 yds.

  • Marble terraces and balustrades surround the tank, and a marble causeway leads across the water to the temple, whose gilded walls, roof, dome and cupolas, with vivid touches of red curtains, are reflected in the still water.

  • By means of the causeway the channel between island and mainland was formed into two harbours, of which the larger, or southern, now known as Port Freano, was further enclosed by two strongly-built moles that are still in good part entire.

  • Owing to the almost impenetrable character of the country there are scarcely any roads accessible to wheeled carriages, and, the great causeway of Shah Abbas along the coast has in many places even disappeared under the jungle.

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