单词 | carriageway |
释义 | carriagewayn. 1. A way, path, etc., for the use of carriages; spec. that part of a road that is intended for vehicles as opposed to pedestrians; (now often) each of the lanes of a dual carriageway or motorway. Cf. dual carriageway n. at dual adj. and n. Compounds 1.Not used in North America. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > parts of road > [noun] > part where vehicles run road1720 coach-way1735 carriageway1739 roadway1750 roading1836 1563 in D. W. Crossley Sidney Ironworks Accts. 1541–73 (1975) 186 iii s x d for Amending of Cariag waies and gates. a1670 Duke of Albemarle Observ. Mil. & Polit. Affairs (1671) xvi. 81 It is very fit you give orders to your Pioners to make you three ways on each side of your Carriage way, that is, six ways besides your Carriageway, or as many as conveniently the ground and places through which you are to march with your Army will give way. 1739 C. Labelye Short Acct. Piers Westm. Bridge 69 The Side-walks for the Foot-passengers are..raised about a Foot above the Carriage-way. 1838 Penny Satirist 6 Oct. 1/2 He stumbled over a fellow who was lying in a blessed state of anti-teetotalism in the middle of the carriage-way. 1946 Rep. Departmental Comm. Traffic Signs 1944 (Ministry of Transport) 51 We do not consider it desirable that the words ‘Halt’ or ‘No Parking’ should be marked on the carriageway. 2008 Independent 28 May 2/1 Some 300 HGVs..pulled up on the eastern carriageway of the A40, forming a queue of lorries stretching back some two miles towards Heathrow. 2. Freedom or opportunity to travel by carriage or (later) motor vehicle without hindrance. Apparently only in right of carriageway n. right of way for travel in a vehicle of this kind (cf. right of way n. 1a). Now chiefly Australian. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > rights to do or use something > [noun] > right of way gate-lawa1642 way1653 right of way1765 carriageway1790 right of ramblage1887 1790 E. Hasted Hist. Kent III. 609/2 There is a right of carriage way from this house. 1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) iv. §3 A right of horse-way or carriage-way through his land. 1967 Times 13 Apr. 14/5 Mr. Slim..succeeded in having registered a right of carriageway for cars and light tractors. 2019 Newcastle (Austral.) Herald (Nexis) 5 Mar. 8 Dr George would maintain his right of carriageway and continue to operate the clinic throughout construction. Compounds As a modifier, esp. with reference to the condition of the road surface, as in carriageway pavement, carriageway resurfacing. ΚΠ 1772 Daily Advertiser 7 Nov. Wanted a sober and careful Person, capable of inspecting the Repairs of the Foot and Carriage Way Pavements in the Parish of St. James, Westminster. 1800 Act 39 & 40 Geo. III c. 47 §1 Where there is a regular Continuation of Carriage Way Pavement from either of the said Cities. 1887 D. K. Clark in H. Law & D. K. Clark Constr. Roads & Streets (ed. 3) ii. xvii. 258 A table, extracted from a recent report of Colonel Haywood, gives the condition of the asphalte carriage-way pavements in the City of London. 1902 Morpeth Herald 31 May 5/6 In addition to the carriage way improvements in Church Street, the footpath on the side of the street should be re-laid. 1972 Financial Times 16 Nov. 9/3 Work on sign gantries at Winnersh interchange..will necessitate carriageway closures. 2020 Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser (Nexis) 30 Sept. 20 Carriageway resurfacing will see a further three road [sic] shut off. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1563 |
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