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rutway

rutway noun: a type of road surface employed by the Ancient Greeks and Romans with ruts or grooves a certain distance apart, in which the wheels of the vehicles of the day were guided.

Noun

rutway (plural rutways)

  1. (historical) A type of road surface employed by the Ancient Greeks and Romans with ruts or grooves a certain distance apart, in which the wheels of the vehicles of the day were guided.
    • Similar rutways built by the Romans were examined with care by Monsieur H. Ferrand [...], and he gave the following dimensions: 1.44 metres (4 ft. 8¾ in.) centre to centre of the grooves; [...].1941 February, Charles E. Lee, “The "Railways" of Ancient Greece”, in Railway Magazine, page 53

Forms of rutway

pluralrutways

Origin of rutway

From rut + way.

Questions about rutway

What does rutway mean?
Rutway means a type of road surface employed by the Ancient Greeks and Romans with ruts or grooves a certain distance apart, in which the wheels of the vehicles of the day were guided.
What part of speech is rutway?
Rutway is a noun.
What is the plural of rutway?
The plural of rutway is rutways.

Words near rutway in the dictionary

  1. Rutul
  2. Rutuli
  3. Rutulian
  4. Rutulians
  5. Rutuls
  6. rutway
  7. rutways
  8. rutylene
  9. Rutz
  10. Rutzes
  11. Ruud

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