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causeway
(kôz′wā′)
noun
- a raised path or road, as across wet ground or water
- Obsolete a paved way or road; highway
Origin: < cause(y) + way
transitive verb
to furnish with a causeway
See causeway in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A raised roadway, as across water or marshland.
- A paved highway.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English caucewei
Origin: : cauce, raised road (from Norman French caucie, from Medieval Latin calciāta (via), paved (road), from Latin calx, calc-, limestone; see calx)
Origin: + wei, road (variant of way; see way)
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