by-path

or by·path

[ bahy-path, -pahth ]

noun

, plural by-paths [bahy, -pa, th, z, -pah, th, z, -paths, -pahths].

1. a private path or an indirect or secondary course or means; byway.

Word History and Origins

Origin of by-path¹

1325–75; Middle English bi path. See by (adj.), path

Example Sentences

The gun now pointed up the by-path, and there was an opening in the bush through which Kate could see for some distance.

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The object became now a pursuit, and he strained his eyes to see if by some by-path he could not succeed in gaining on the chase.

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With an inward start she realized that they were on a by-path and beyond call of help.

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But that is a literary by-path which leads to the history of fiction.

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Lewis walked by her side down the by-path towards Glenavelin.

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