country roadn.

Brit.

/ˌkʌntrɪ ˈrəʊd/, U.S.

/ˌkəntri ˈroʊd/

Forms: see country n. and adj. and road n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: country n., road n.

Etymology: < country n. + road n.

1. A minor road leading through a rural area.

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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > rural

country road1846

1633 T. Nash Quaternio 273 I would advise him to walke the private Country way [or] to take his journey through the Cities... And..if he did pursue the Country-rode, then to take heede that he did not waste too much time in the vaine delights thereof.

1768 Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 379/1 In a deep country road they [sc. rollers] will press in and level ruts to an amazing degree.

1846 Merchants' Mag. 14 29 A noble system of town and country roads.

1873 E. Eggleston Myst. Metropolisville 12 A country road where the dog-fennel blooms almost undisturbed by comers and goers.

1931 R. Campbell Georgiad i. 25 Give him time To battle..Along the country roads.

1975 W. Anderson Wild Man of Sugar Creek (1977) iii. 27 Up before dawn, he would ride the country roads, greeting farmers as they moved out into their fields.

2005 Dogs in Canada Jan. 23/1 Standing in front of us in the middle of the narrow country road was a Pyrenean Mountain Dog.

†2. A public road made and maintained by the region through which it runs. Obsolete.

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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > highway or public road

headwayOE

high streetOE

wayOE

port highwayOE

port-streetOE

port-wayOE

highway1257

high gate1324

thoroughfare1540

open road1656

rum pad1665

country road1669

toby lay1807

high toby spice1811

throughgang1856

1669 in Hist. Coll. Essex Inst. (1864) VI. 175/2 The highe way..to Range up streight to the Country Roade.

1673 in J. H. Trumbull Public Rec. Colony of Connecticut (1852) II. 202 The cross path that now is where the country roade crosseth the s^d river.

1710 B. Sabin et al. Let. 8 July in Early Rec. Town of Providence (Rhode Island) (1903) XVII. 271 Wee address you for the Laying out a Countrey Road thro' your Township.

1732 in K. A. Pritchard Waterbury (Connecticut) Proprietors' Rec. (1911) 143 Up to the Common fence and so to the Cuntry Road to Tuds Meadow.

1742 H. Fielding Opposition 19 Drivers offered to turn aside out of the great Country Road.

1775 in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. (1877) XIII. 191 A very commodious House..about 2 miles from the grand country road.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	country road
释义	country roadn. Brit. /ˌkʌntrɪ ˈrəʊd/, U.S. /ˌkəntri ˈroʊd/ Forms: see country n. and adj. and road n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: country n., road n. Etymology: < country n. + road n. 1. A minor road leading through a rural area. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > rural country road1846 1633 T. Nash Quaternio 273 I would advise him to walke the private Country way [or] to take his journey through the Cities... And..if he did pursue the Country-rode, then to take heede that he did not waste too much time in the vaine delights thereof. 1768 Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 379/1 In a deep country road they [sc. rollers] will press in and level ruts to an amazing degree. 1846 Merchants' Mag. 14 29 A noble system of town and country roads. 1873 E. Eggleston Myst. Metropolisville 12 A country road where the dog-fennel blooms almost undisturbed by comers and goers. 1931 R. Campbell Georgiad i. 25 Give him time To battle..Along the country roads. 1975 W. Anderson Wild Man of Sugar Creek (1977) iii. 27 Up before dawn, he would ride the country roads, greeting farmers as they moved out into their fields. 2005 Dogs in Canada Jan. 23/1 Standing in front of us in the middle of the narrow country road was a Pyrenean Mountain Dog. †2. A public road made and maintained by the region through which it runs. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > highway or public road headwayOE high streetOE wayOE port highwayOE port-streetOE port-wayOE highway1257 high gate1324 thoroughfare1540 open road1656 rum pad1665 country road1669 toby lay1807 high toby spice1811 throughgang1856 1669 in Hist. Coll. Essex Inst. (1864) VI. 175/2 The highe way..to Range up streight to the Country Roade. 1673 in J. H. Trumbull Public Rec. Colony of Connecticut (1852) II. 202 The cross path that now is where the country roade crosseth the s^d river. 1710 B. Sabin et al. Let. 8 July in Early Rec. Town of Providence (Rhode Island) (1903) XVII. 271 Wee address you for the Laying out a Countrey Road thro' your Township. 1732 in K. A. Pritchard Waterbury (Connecticut) Proprietors' Rec. (1911) 143 Up to the Common fence and so to the Cuntry Road to Tuds Meadow. 1742 H. Fielding Opposition 19 Drivers offered to turn aside out of the great Country Road. 1775 in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. (1877) XIII. 191 A very commodious House..about 2 miles from the grand country road. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1633
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