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trafficable, a.|ˈtræfɪkəb(ə)l|
[f. traffic n. or v. + -able.]
†1. Adapted or suitable for traffic or trading. Obs. rare—1.
a1603T. Cartwright Confut. Rhem. N.T. (1618) 469 That being the most traffiqueable and Marchandable Citie of all Asia.
2. That may be bought or sold; marketable.
1649Bp. Hall Cases Consc. i. (1654) 4 It is..in some cases a trafiqueable commodity. 1880A. Somerville Autobiog. 90, I required what may be called trafficable material. 1889Sat. Rev. 19 Oct. 422/1 [They] have been taught..to regard a vote as a commodity, traffickable.
3. Fit or suitable for passage to and fro.
1890Goldfields of Victoria 17 A good trafficable roadway. 1891Illustr. Lond. News 17 Jan. 78/2 The streets are trafficable.
Hence trafficaˈbility, ˈtrafficableness, suitability for traffic or passage to and fro.
1899Daily News 16 Nov. 4/5 A paper dealing with..London's treacherous ‘trafficability’ was read at the opening meeting of the 146th session of the Society of Arts. |