transitableadj.
/ˈtrɑːnzɪtəb(ə)l/, /ˈtranzɪtəb(ə)l/, /ˈtrɑːnsɪtəb(ə)l/, /ˈtransɪtəb(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈtrænzədəb(ə)l/ Able to be crossed; affording a means of transit.
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, passage, or means of access to a place > [adjective]
transitable1818
1818 J. Miller Mem. Gen. Miller I. iv. 103 The most serious difficulties encountered consisted in the time and labour expended in making mountain paths transitable.
1843 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 54 660 The river Chagre..is the nearest transitable point to Panama.
1897 Geogr. Jrnl. 10 63 The efforts..made to open a transitable road to it [sc. the valley of the Rio Grande de Terraba] from the north..have proven futile.
1924 I. Bowman Desert Trails Atacama xiii. 256 Each one of the transitable passes is known for the relative difficulty of the road.
1969 Springfield (Manitoba) Leader 14 Oct. 1/2 Our new mining venture depends on transitable roads for employees to commute to work daily.
2016 La Prensa (Nicaragua) (Nexis) 19 Aug. The new road linking Bluefields and Nueva Guinea will be transitable during the raining season.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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