cauchie
cauchie is the alternative form of causey.
Meaning of causey
Noun
causey (plural causeys)
- An embankment holding in water; a dam.
- A causeway across marshy ground, an area of sea etc.
- than com Soriondes with all his peple that was so grete, and sette ouer the cauchie so rudely as horse myght renne.c. 1460, Merlin, volume II
- A paved path or highway; a street, or the part of a street paved with paving or cobbles as opposed to flagstones.
- Satan went down The Causey to Hell Gate.1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
Forms of cauchie
| plural | cauchies |
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Questions about cauchie
- What is cauchie the alternative form of?
- Cauchie is the alternative form of causey.
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