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Boat, n.2|bəʊt|
Also BOAT.
[Acronym, f. the initial letters of byway open to all traffic.]
In Britain, a public right of way open to all types of vehicle on the basis of historical evidence of vehicular use, although in the recent past used chiefly as a lane or path.
[1968Act Eliz. II (Countryside Act) c.41 Sched. 3 §9(1) In the special review..the definitive map..shall show every road used as a public path by one of the three following descriptions—(a) a ‘byway open to all traffic’, (b) a ‘bridleway’, (c) a ‘footpath’.] 1988Rights of Way Survey Manual (Countryside Commission) 3/1 Byways open to all traffic (usually referred to just as ‘byways’ or abbreviated to BOAT). These can legally be used by all types of traffic, including motor and horse-drawn vehicles. 1989Daily Tel. 17 Feb. 3/7 Councils are legally bound by the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act to re-classify such lanes as BOATs where there is past evidence of vehicular use. 1989Great Outdoors Sept. 10/2 Vehicles can have a legal right to use some RUPPs (roads used as public paths) and BOATs (bridleways open to all traffic). 1990Times 17 Mar. 11/3 Paths..are to be reclassified by the local authority into Boats. |