Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A way dug along a precipitous place otherwise impassable; a road constructed for the passage of vehicles on the side of a very steep hill, along a bold riverfront, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun U.S. A way or road dug through a hill, or sunk below the surface of the land.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun US A way or road
dug through ahill , or sunk below the surface of the land.
Etymologies
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Examples
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We rounded the corner on the last dugway to the road out of the canyon.
A Tale of Survival 2009
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Avenue and note the conversion from ugliness to beauty of a paved road, dipping into a dugway between dirty stone walls.
Penguin Persons & Peppermints Walter Prichard Eaton 1917
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Here the trail turned abruptly onto the larger ridge, mounted sharply through a dugway, and then to our complete surprise emerged into the fair sunlight.
In Indian Mexico (1908) Frederick Starr 1895
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The sun had set long before we reached the bottom, and through the darkness, we had to climb up over the steep dugway in the sandy clay to the village, which we reached at seven.
In Indian Mexico (1908) Frederick Starr 1895
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