viaductn.

Brit.

/ˈvʌɪədʌkt/, U.S.

/ˈvaɪəˌdək(t)/

Etymology: < Latin via way, after aqueduct n. So French viaduc.

An elevated structure, consisting of a series of arches or spans, by means of which a railway or road is carried over a valley, road, river, or marshy low-lying ground.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > bridge > viaduct

causey1615

road bridge1766

viaduct1816

1816 H. Repton Fragm. Landscape Gardening 161 I have ventured to suggest a hint for such a structure as may support the road.., rather calling it a Via-duct than a Bridge.

1837 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 57 Great Viaduct now erecting over the River Wear, near Sunderland. This viaduct consists of four large and six small arches.

1869 Times 15 Oct. 7/5 New bridges and viaducts and new streets can do much in enabling Londoners to pass more quickly to their places of business.

1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1875) III. xii. 240 The modern viaduct, a work worthy of old Roman days.

attributive.1831 T. Grahame Lett. N. Wood 23 The Sankey viaduct bridge..consists of nine arches of fifty feet span.1897 Daily News 11 Feb. 6/4 The viaduct ganger, who would be responsible for the erection of timbers.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	viaduct
释义	viaductn. Brit. /ˈvʌɪədʌkt/, U.S. /ˈvaɪəˌdək(t)/ Etymology: < Latin via way, after aqueduct n. So French viaduc. An elevated structure, consisting of a series of arches or spans, by means of which a railway or road is carried over a valley, road, river, or marshy low-lying ground. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > other means of passage or access > [noun] > bridge > viaduct causey1615 road bridge1766 viaduct1816 1816 H. Repton Fragm. Landscape Gardening 161 I have ventured to suggest a hint for such a structure as may support the road.., rather calling it a Via-duct than a Bridge. 1837 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 1 57 Great Viaduct now erecting over the River Wear, near Sunderland. This viaduct consists of four large and six small arches. 1869 Times 15 Oct. 7/5 New bridges and viaducts and new streets can do much in enabling Londoners to pass more quickly to their places of business. 1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1875) III. xii. 240 The modern viaduct, a work worthy of old Roman days. attributive.1831 T. Grahame Lett. N. Wood 23 The Sankey viaduct bridge..consists of nine arches of fifty feet span.1897 Daily News 11 Feb. 6/4 The viaduct ganger, who would be responsible for the erection of timbers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1816
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