Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • See causeway.

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  • noun now dialectal A causeway across marshy ground, an area of sea etc.
  • noun now dialectal A paved path or highway; a street, or the part of a street paved with paving or cobbles as opposed to flagstones.

Etymologies

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From Anglo-Norman caucie, chaucee et al., from Late Latin calceāta. In Guernsey use after Guernésiais cauchie.

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