| 单词 | hollow-way |
| 释义 | > as lemmashollow-way hollow-way n. (also holloway) a way, road, or path, through a defile or cutting; also extended, as in quot. 1882. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > [noun] > cut through a wood or rock trenchc1405 holleway?a1500 path1548 cut1730 hollow-way1765 score1790 shute1879 1765 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VIII. xix. 72 Acquainted intimately with every country.., the roads, and hollow ways which lead up to them. 1882 D. Gardner Quatre Bras, Ligny, & Waterloo 182 (note) The term ‘hollow-way’ is employed by English writers on this battle [Waterloo]..to designate any means of passage, from a footpath to a boulevard, which is enclosed on the sides to a considerable height, whether by walls, fences, hedges, houses, or embankments. < as lemmas |
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