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rutways

rutways is the plural of rutway.

Meaning of rutway

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

Questions about rutways

What is rutways the plural of?
Rutways is the plural of rutway.

Words near rutways in the dictionary

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

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