headwayn.

Brit.

/ˈhɛdweɪ/, U.S.

/ˈhɛdˌweɪ/

Forms: see head n.¹ and way n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, way n.¹

Etymology: < head n.¹ + way n.¹ Re-formed in the early 18th cent., and probably formed independently in senses 2 and 3 and perhaps also in sense 4. With sense 2 compare earlier head n.¹ 45, and compare also headways adj. and headways adv. 3 and discussion at that entry. With sense 3 compare earlier ahead adv. 5 and ahead prep.

†1. Apparently: (a name for) a chief or main road; a highway. Obsolete.In early use only as a boundary marker in charter bounds, in which not enough is known about the topography of the area to determine the sense with certainty. Alternative interpretations include (in quot. OE) ‘a road or path along the headland of a field’ (cf. head n.¹ 39a), and (in quot. a1170) ‘a road along the head of a valley’ (cf. head n.¹ 37).

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

OE Bounds (Sawyer 1347) in D. Hooke Worcs. Anglo-Saxon Charter-bounds (1990) 307 Andlong hlydan on þone heafodweg, of þæm wege on þone hyll.

a1170 (?OE) Bounds (Sawyer 663) in M. Gelling Place-names Berks. (1976) III. 730 Of tytan hylle to þæm heafodweg.

1253 in Collectanea Topographica & Genealogica (1834) I. 368 [And all Bechecota, from the way called] Hauedwey [to the place called Goseforde].

1272 in J. E. B. Gover et al. Place-names Warwicks. (1936) 7 Havedwey. [This is the name of part of Icknield or Ryknild Street between Studley and Alcester.]

1300 in Archaeologia (1857) 37 436 Et sic..ad capud occidentale del Hevedweye usque capud de Smalstoneswey.

a1425 (a1214) Grant of Land, Beds. in J. Godber Cartulary Newnham Priory (1963) I. 365 Unam rodam terre super Blakelond' in Estbrocfurlong' cuius unum caput lanceat super Hauedweye que ducit versus Aston'.

2. Coal Mining. A passage driven in a direction parallel to that of the main cleavage of the coal (the cleat). Also (and in earliest use) in plural with singular agreement (cf. headways adv. 3). Cf. board n. 16. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > passage > other passages in coal-mine

head1486

room1670

headway1708

breast-hee1850

gate-road1860

stall gate1883

1708 J. C. Compl. Collier 16 in T. Nourse Mistery of Husbandry Discover'd (ed. 3) He must set out his first Work or Headways, according to Rule by the Compass..this Headways..is carried on, according to the Grain of the Coal, as it lies along the Grain, and not cross the Grain.

1747 W. Newton & W. Dryden Rep. in N. Country Life 18th Cent. (1952) iii. 76 We have examined every particular board and headway adjoining the whole mine and not drown'd.

1804 T. Fenwick Theoret. & Pract. Treat. Subterraneous Surv. 40 At 1 chain 30 links is a headways X to the right and to the left, and a mark + to return to.

1816 J. H. H. Holmes Treat. Coal Mines Durham & Northumberland x. 94 It is presumed..that this explosion was occasioned by the inflammable air igniting at the crane lamp in the south headway.

1894 R. Peel Elem. Text-bk. Coal Mining (ed. 2) 276 Crosscut, an excavation driven at an angle between a bord and a headways.

1922 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining & Metall. Engineers 66 404 These conditions are sometimes obviated by making both the headways and the bords 5 yd. wide.

1981 Feminist Rev. Spring 8 The bord and pillar system involved driving headways along the grain of the coal.

3. Frequently in to make headway.

a. Originally Nautical. The fact of making progress (originally through water) in a forward direction; forward motion or momentum. Later also: the rate at which this progress is made.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [noun] > progress through water > ahead or astern

headway1730

stern-way1769

the world > movement > rate of motion > [noun] > rate of movement

head1577

rate1751

pace-setting1893

headway1904

1730 W. Webster tr. P. Hoste Compend. Course Pract. Math. III. 87 This is to be understood when the ship has head-way [Fr. va a l'avant]; but if she goes a stern, the effect of the rudder is quite different.

1730 W. Webster tr. P. Hoste Compend. Course Pract. Math. III. 90 This Disposition of the sail with the wind and with the keel, is the most advantagious for making head-way [Fr. aller de l'avant] with only one sail.

1793 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 3 332 The vessel in sailing by the wind would make but little head-way, whatever the shape of her bottom might be.

1808 J. H. Sherman Gen. Acct. Miranda's Exped. vii. 83 Surrounded with men, women and children, it was with difficulty they could make head-way through them.

1827 Hamel, Obeah Man II. xxii. 291 His beast had got so much headway, that it was in vain to tug at him.

1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. i. 1 The boat made slight head-way against it [sc. the tide].

1904 Motor-car Jrnl. 11 June 332/1 It is anything but pleasing to be obliged to lose the headway that would have carried you up the next hill so nicely.

1979 T. Jones Saga of Wayward Sailor xxi. 228 The weather livened up and soon Fanny Adams was hard put to maintain headway against a strong easterly breeze.

2009 U. McGovern & P. Jenner Lost Lore 263 No small yacht, whether under sail or power, can make headway against a powerful tidal stream.

b. Without reference to physical motion: progress, advancement.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun]

growingc1380

profitingc1384

increasec1385

bettering?c1425

progress1457

advancementc1475

service1533

progression1586

increment1609

upgrowinga1618

flowering1629

rise1676

development1756

evolution1796

march1818

headway1832

upgrowth1844

upbuilding1876

1832 B. L. Rayner Sketches Life T. Jefferson 204 No headway could be made with such a proposition, against the transcendant [sic] popularity and influence of the present Executive.

1839 Southern Lit. Messenger Mar. 222/2 Stop, before stop is impossible, the furious headway of that destructive and mad philanthropy.

1887 A. Jessopp Arcady v. 159 Rarely, except in the open parishes, do the demagogues make headway.

1913 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Feb. 23/1 Scherl wrote his paper, solicited the advertisements, circulated it himself, and was the whole editorial and business staff. The paper gained headway slowly.

1968 B. Foster Changing Eng. Lang. v. 226 A very typically American turn of phrase that is showing signs of headway in Britain is the replacing of ‘named after’ by ‘named for’.

1988 S. Paretsky Toxic Shock (1990) xi. 92 The little Chevy's defroster couldn't make much headway on the fogged windshield.

2008 Independent 30 July 9/1 Maybe the spikily radical Scot was never going to make headway against a panel chaired by a Thatcher-era minister.

4. Space or clearance overhead; esp. sufficient space to allow a person or vehicle (of a specified height) to pass under a bridge, arch, etc. Cf. headroom n. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > [noun] > unobstructed space > for passing or being clear of something > overhead

head heighta1652

headway1735

headroom1762

head space1856

1735 F. Price Brit. Carpenter (ed. 2) 45 In this Manner, you..are always sure to be satisfied concerning the Head-way.

1752 M. Wills Scheme enlarging Essex-Bridge 5 These three arches were to be raised higher, for better head-way to the lighters passing underneath.

1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Headway,..room for the head to pass.

1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 984 Headway of Stairs, the clear distance, measured perpendicularly, from a given landing place or stair to the ceiling above.

1861 S. Smiles Lives Engineers II. 355 The strength as well as lightness of a bridge of this material..is of great moment where headway is of importance.

1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 Feb. 3/3 The bridge has a clear headway of 20 ft. 6 in. above high water.

1920 Engin. News-Record 8 July 57/2 All bridges will give ample headway for street cars.

1987 P. P. Mason Ambassador Bridge i. 41/2 It was proposed..that the fixed spans [of the bridge] should have a headway of at least 60 feet.

5. Originally U.S. The interval of time or (occasionally) distance between two consecutive trains, buses, etc., on a given route.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [noun] > regular succession of public conveyances > time or distance between consecutive conveyances

headway1858

1858 N.Y. Times 31 Mar. 2/2 Two transfer cars are run on Flushing-avenue, between Kent and Division avenues,..on 15 minutes' headway.

1877 Rep. Cases Court of Appeals N.Y. 30 490 Q. What is the usual headway you allow for your trains, where you run three at a time? A. Do you mean the distance? A. Yes, sir. A. Two blocks.

1900 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 2 Mar. 315/1 The headway between the carriers is fixed say at ten or twenty seconds.

1930 Oxf. Times 21 Mar. 17/4 I think Route 2 should have a six-minute headway between 8 a.m. and 10.30 a.m.

1971 Mod. Railways May 193/3 Page 105 of the March Modern Railways indicates a new 17.11 Paddington to Bristol, first stop Didcot, thus providing a second 3 min headway to Didcot East Junction with the existing 17.15 to Worcester.

2010 D. J. Spurling Introd. Transport Econ. xiii. 200 The headway between the trains is..generally sufficient to avoid collisions though some still occur.

Phrases

Originally and chiefly U.S. under headway: moving forwards; making progress. Cf. under way adv. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1808 J. Sharan Adventures 127 The ship struck upon a sand bank, split her fore and aft, she being under very great head way, not less than ten miles an hour.

1829 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 26 May The Caledonia, under headway too strong to be checked, run [sic] into her side.

1849 Amer. Q. Reg. Sept. 120 The Montgomery Journal notices two new factories under headway in Autoga county.

1886 Morning Post 16 Aug. 2/7 Considerable difficulty has been experienced in the vibration produced when the first explosions take place, and before the vessel is under headway.

1921 Automotive Industries 10 Mar. 578/2 Production at the Springfield works is now under headway.

1967 New Pittsburgh Courier 9 Dec. 14/4 [They] failed to resolve an argument concerning a game, under full headway, at Jefferson City.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	headway
释义	headwayn. Brit. /ˈhɛdweɪ/, U.S. /ˈhɛdˌweɪ/ Forms: see head n.¹ and way n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: head n.¹, way n.¹ Etymology: < head n.¹ + way n.¹ Re-formed in the early 18th cent., and probably formed independently in senses 2 and 3 and perhaps also in sense 4. With sense 2 compare earlier head n.¹ 45, and compare also headways adj. and headways adv. 3 and discussion at that entry. With sense 3 compare earlier ahead adv. 5 and ahead prep. †1. Apparently: (a name for) a chief or main road; a highway. Obsolete.In early use only as a boundary marker in charter bounds, in which not enough is known about the topography of the area to determine the sense with certainty. Alternative interpretations include (in quot. OE) ‘a road or path along the headland of a field’ (cf. head n.¹ 39a), and (in quot. a1170) ‘a road along the head of a valley’ (cf. head n.¹ 37). 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 OE Bounds (Sawyer 1347) in D. Hooke Worcs. Anglo-Saxon Charter-bounds (1990) 307 Andlong hlydan on þone heafodweg, of þæm wege on þone hyll. a1170 (?OE) Bounds (Sawyer 663) in M. Gelling Place-names Berks. (1976) III. 730 Of tytan hylle to þæm heafodweg. 1253 in Collectanea Topographica & Genealogica (1834) I. 368 [And all Bechecota, from the way called] Hauedwey [to the place called Goseforde]. 1272 in J. E. B. Gover et al. Place-names Warwicks. (1936) 7 Havedwey. [This is the name of part of Icknield or Ryknild Street between Studley and Alcester.] 1300 in Archaeologia (1857) 37 436 Et sic..ad capud occidentale del Hevedweye usque capud de Smalstoneswey. a1425 (a1214) Grant of Land, Beds. in J. Godber Cartulary Newnham Priory (1963) I. 365 Unam rodam terre super Blakelond' in Estbrocfurlong' cuius unum caput lanceat super Hauedweye que ducit versus Aston'. 2. Coal Mining. A passage driven in a direction parallel to that of the main cleavage of the coal (the cleat). Also (and in earliest use) in plural with singular agreement (cf. headways adv. 3). Cf. board n. 16. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > passage > other passages in coal-mine head1486 room1670 headway1708 breast-hee1850 gate-road1860 stall gate1883 1708 J. C. Compl. Collier 16 in T. Nourse Mistery of Husbandry Discover'd (ed. 3) He must set out his first Work or Headways, according to Rule by the Compass..this Headways..is carried on, according to the Grain of the Coal, as it lies along the Grain, and not cross the Grain. 1747 W. Newton & W. Dryden Rep. in N. Country Life 18th Cent. (1952) iii. 76 We have examined every particular board and headway adjoining the whole mine and not drown'd. 1804 T. Fenwick Theoret. & Pract. Treat. Subterraneous Surv. 40 At 1 chain 30 links is a headways X to the right and to the left, and a mark + to return to. 1816 J. H. H. Holmes Treat. Coal Mines Durham & Northumberland x. 94 It is presumed..that this explosion was occasioned by the inflammable air igniting at the crane lamp in the south headway. 1894 R. Peel Elem. Text-bk. Coal Mining (ed. 2) 276 Crosscut, an excavation driven at an angle between a bord and a headways. 1922 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining & Metall. Engineers 66 404 These conditions are sometimes obviated by making both the headways and the bords 5 yd. wide. 1981 Feminist Rev. Spring 8 The bord and pillar system involved driving headways along the grain of the coal. 3. Frequently in to make headway. a. Originally Nautical. The fact of making progress (originally through water) in a forward direction; forward motion or momentum. Later also: the rate at which this progress is made. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [noun] > progress through water > ahead or astern headway1730 stern-way1769 the world > movement > rate of motion > [noun] > rate of movement head1577 rate1751 pace-setting1893 headway1904 1730 W. Webster tr. P. Hoste Compend. Course Pract. Math. III. 87 This is to be understood when the ship has head-way [Fr. va a l'avant]; but if she goes a stern, the effect of the rudder is quite different. 1730 W. Webster tr. P. Hoste Compend. Course Pract. Math. III. 90 This Disposition of the sail with the wind and with the keel, is the most advantagious for making head-way [Fr. aller de l'avant] with only one sail. 1793 Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 3 332 The vessel in sailing by the wind would make but little head-way, whatever the shape of her bottom might be. 1808 J. H. Sherman Gen. Acct. Miranda's Exped. vii. 83 Surrounded with men, women and children, it was with difficulty they could make head-way through them. 1827 Hamel, Obeah Man II. xxii. 291 His beast had got so much headway, that it was in vain to tug at him. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. i. 1 The boat made slight head-way against it [sc. the tide]. 1904 Motor-car Jrnl. 11 June 332/1 It is anything but pleasing to be obliged to lose the headway that would have carried you up the next hill so nicely. 1979 T. Jones Saga of Wayward Sailor xxi. 228 The weather livened up and soon Fanny Adams was hard put to maintain headway against a strong easterly breeze. 2009 U. McGovern & P. Jenner Lost Lore 263 No small yacht, whether under sail or power, can make headway against a powerful tidal stream. b. Without reference to physical motion: progress, advancement. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [noun] growingc1380 profitingc1384 increasec1385 bettering?c1425 progress1457 advancementc1475 service1533 progression1586 increment1609 upgrowinga1618 flowering1629 rise1676 development1756 evolution1796 march1818 headway1832 upgrowth1844 upbuilding1876 1832 B. L. Rayner Sketches Life T. Jefferson 204 No headway could be made with such a proposition, against the transcendant [sic] popularity and influence of the present Executive. 1839 Southern Lit. Messenger Mar. 222/2 Stop, before stop is impossible, the furious headway of that destructive and mad philanthropy. 1887 A. Jessopp Arcady v. 159 Rarely, except in the open parishes, do the demagogues make headway. 1913 Sat. Evening Post (Philadelphia) 22 Feb. 23/1 Scherl wrote his paper, solicited the advertisements, circulated it himself, and was the whole editorial and business staff. The paper gained headway slowly. 1968 B. Foster Changing Eng. Lang. v. 226 A very typically American turn of phrase that is showing signs of headway in Britain is the replacing of ‘named after’ by ‘named for’. 1988 S. Paretsky Toxic Shock (1990) xi. 92 The little Chevy's defroster couldn't make much headway on the fogged windshield. 2008 Independent 30 July 9/1 Maybe the spikily radical Scot was never going to make headway against a panel chaired by a Thatcher-era minister. 4. Space or clearance overhead; esp. sufficient space to allow a person or vehicle (of a specified height) to pass under a bridge, arch, etc. Cf. headroom n. 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > space > [noun] > unobstructed space > for passing or being clear of something > overhead head heighta1652 headway1735 headroom1762 head space1856 1735 F. Price Brit. Carpenter (ed. 2) 45 In this Manner, you..are always sure to be satisfied concerning the Head-way. 1752 M. Wills Scheme enlarging Essex-Bridge 5 These three arches were to be raised higher, for better head-way to the lighters passing underneath. 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Headway,..room for the head to pass. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 984 Headway of Stairs, the clear distance, measured perpendicularly, from a given landing place or stair to the ceiling above. 1861 S. Smiles Lives Engineers II. 355 The strength as well as lightness of a bridge of this material..is of great moment where headway is of importance. 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 Feb. 3/3 The bridge has a clear headway of 20 ft. 6 in. above high water. 1920 Engin. News-Record 8 July 57/2 All bridges will give ample headway for street cars. 1987 P. P. Mason Ambassador Bridge i. 41/2 It was proposed..that the fixed spans [of the bridge] should have a headway of at least 60 feet. 5. Originally U.S. The interval of time or (occasionally) distance between two consecutive trains, buses, etc., on a given route. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [noun] > regular succession of public conveyances > time or distance between consecutive conveyances headway1858 1858 N.Y. Times 31 Mar. 2/2 Two transfer cars are run on Flushing-avenue, between Kent and Division avenues,..on 15 minutes' headway. 1877 Rep. Cases Court of Appeals N.Y. 30 490 Q. What is the usual headway you allow for your trains, where you run three at a time? A. Do you mean the distance? A. Yes, sir. A. Two blocks. 1900 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 2 Mar. 315/1 The headway between the carriers is fixed say at ten or twenty seconds. 1930 Oxf. Times 21 Mar. 17/4 I think Route 2 should have a six-minute headway between 8 a.m. and 10.30 a.m. 1971 Mod. Railways May 193/3 Page 105 of the March Modern Railways indicates a new 17.11 Paddington to Bristol, first stop Didcot, thus providing a second 3 min headway to Didcot East Junction with the existing 17.15 to Worcester. 2010 D. J. Spurling Introd. Transport Econ. xiii. 200 The headway between the trains is..generally sufficient to avoid collisions though some still occur. Phrases Originally and chiefly U.S. under headway: moving forwards; making progress. Cf. under way adv. Now rare. ΚΠ 1808 J. Sharan Adventures 127 The ship struck upon a sand bank, split her fore and aft, she being under very great head way, not less than ten miles an hour. 1829 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 26 May The Caledonia, under headway too strong to be checked, run [sic] into her side. 1849 Amer. Q. Reg. Sept. 120 The Montgomery Journal notices two new factories under headway in Autoga county. 1886 Morning Post 16 Aug. 2/7 Considerable difficulty has been experienced in the vibration produced when the first explosions take place, and before the vessel is under headway. 1921 Automotive Industries 10 Mar. 578/2 Production at the Springfield works is now under headway. 1967 New Pittsburgh Courier 9 Dec. 14/4 [They] failed to resolve an argument concerning a game, under full headway, at Jefferson City. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.OE
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