单词 | plank road |
释义 | > as lemmasplank road plank road n. originally and chiefly North American (now historical) a road made of a flooring of planks laid transversely on timbers. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [noun] > made with logs or planks corduroy1836 plank road1839 1839 Western Herald (Windsor, Upper Canada) 16 May 95/1 We had the pleasure of a five or six continuous miles on a Plank road, leading from Toronto to Kingston. 1888 Times 2 Oct. 11/6 Traces of old Roman plank-roads on the moor..not far from Diepholz, in Lower Hanover. 1993 Beaver Feb. 39/2 The first wooden plank road began eastward from Toronto in 1835–36. < as lemmas |
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