unbridgedadj.
(un- prefix1 2.)
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society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [adjective] > of or relating to bridge > provided with a bridge > not
bridgeless1790
unbridged1800
1800 W. Wordsworth Brothers 254 Every water-course And unbridged stream..Was swoln into a noisy rivulet.
1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. xiv. 210 The gulf of separation was unbridged by even a friendly word or signal.
1884 Spectator 4 Oct. 1322/1 The traveller who left England with the intention of proceeding overland to Ceylon, with the exception of the three unbridged channels.
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adj.1800