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causey

UK/ˈkɔːzi/US/ˈkɔzi/

causey noun: an embankment holding in water; a dam.

Noun

causey (plural causeys)

  1. (obsolete) An embankment holding in water; a dam.
  2. (dialectal) 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
    • He said he would pay them a cent for every two loads of stones or gravel which they should wheel in to make the causey.1841, Jacob Abbott, The Rollo Books
  3. (dialectal) 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...

Proper noun capitalized: Causey

Causey

  1. A surname.

Forms of causey

pluralcauseys
alternative formcauchie

Origin of causey

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

Words formed from causey

Questions about causey

What does causey mean?
Causey means an embankment holding in water; a dam.
What part of speech is causey?
Causey can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce causey?
Causey is pronounced /ˈkɔːzi/ (UK).
What is the plural of causey?
The plural of causey is causeys.

Words near causey in the dictionary

  1. Causewayhead
  2. causewaying
  3. causewayman
  4. causewaymen
  5. causeways
  6. causey
  7. causeyed
  8. causeymaker
  9. causeymakers
  10. causeyman
  11. causeymen

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